“One can take a neon tube and simply paint it black on the front. So it would read as a black letter or a line, but it would also read as neon because there would be light coming from behind that black letter.”
—Glenn LigonGlenn Ligon is our current 100 Artists featured artist. Above are two works—Untitled (America) (2008) and Warm Broad Glow II (2011)—included in the 2011 Glenn Ligon: AMERICA exhibition, seen here installed at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. These scenes are featured in the Art in the Twenty-First Century Season 6 episode, History (2012).
Also shown here is the installation process of Warm Broad Glow II, as featured in the Exclusive episode, Glenn Ligon: Installing “Warm Broad Glow II”.
WATCH: Glenn Ligon in “History” [available in the U.S. only] | Glenn Ligon: Installing “Warm Broad Glow II”
VIDEO: American Woman, Lenny Kravitz featuring the one and only Prince, cause this is a kick ass performance of this classic song by two of my favorite musicians in the business.
“Regardless of the challenges before you, stay your course and be courageous. The gifts that are most valuable must be earned through the habitual demonstration of consistency and courage.”
Don’t You Understand, I’m an Artist!
Working alone in a studio can do things to your head.
Modern Art Desserts
We sat down with Caitlin Freeman, pastry chef and author of Modern Art Desserts: Recipes for Cakes, Cookies, Confections, and Frozen Treats Based on Iconic Works of Art.
The Finding Aid: Black Women at the Intersection of Art and Archiving is an interactive, multi-media dialogue that explores the intersection of experimental art practices and community-based archiving. The event’s organization is based on the idea of a ‘finding aid’ -a document used in archives for accessibility and discovery. We will transform a finding aid from an archival inventory/guide into an artistic archival experience. Our goal for this event is that people leave knowing what an archive and archivist is or can be, and that people feel empowered to begin their own archival/artistic practice or feel moved to engage with existing archives.PROCESSING AND OTHER INFORMATIONEvent Panelists: Arianne Edmonds, Joyce LeeAnn Joseph, Miranda Mims, Kameelah Rasheed, Shawn(ta) SmithEvent Artists: Salome Asega, Sonia Louise Davis, Arianne Edmonds, Ladi’Sasha Jones, Joyce LeeAnn Joseph, Marilyn Nance, Kameelah Rasheed, Shawn(ta) Smith
Most of my heros dont appear on no stamp - Chuck D
the essentials of creating an office cubicle that doesnt suck the life out of you :) Office Cubicle Feng Shui…right HERE! xoxo Dana
Previewing Frieze
The international jet set has descended on New York’s Randall’s Island this week for Frieze New York. We’re out previewing the 180 international galleries showing the best of their collections in an enormous custom-built tent!
Check out our first impressions.
