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- The TEN Series: J. Michael Walkerby artaboverealityThe TEN Series: J. Michael Walker There aren’t too many artists in the City of Los Angeles that offer soothing remedies when visiting their studios. Most of the studios I’ve visited during my time immediately adopt the mind state of […]
- Stories of Preservation and Progress As A Healing Mechanism at The Garifuna International Film Festivalby artaboverealityStories of Preservation and Progress As A Healing Mechanism at The Garifuna International Film Festival Stories. Told and remembered but also forgotten and discarded. How are we holding onto our traditions? At the Garifuna International Film Festival, the mission is […]
- Arts Advocacy at the U.S. Capitol with Sotheby’s Institute of Artby artaboverealityArts Advocacy at the U.S. Capitol with Sotheby’s Institute of Art Advocacy. When I opened Gallery 38 with a colleague in the West Adams section of Los Angeles, the goal was to make sure to provide a safe space for […]
- Black Bodies, Feminism, and Representation. Is the use of the body in art the most effective way to examine social inequities and help to progress the surrounding conversation?by artaboverealityBlack Bodies, Feminism, and Representation. Is the use of the body in art the most effective way to examine social inequities and help to progress the surrounding conversation? The body being one of if not the most sacred pieces of […]
- Street Artist “MiMo” claims to be the creative force behind the ALEC Monopoly art machineby artaboverealityStreet Artist “MiMo” claims to be the creative force behind the ALEC Monopoly art machine Do you believe in ghosts? I’m talking about the folks in our culture who “collaborate” in creating some of the largest art and entertainment brands […]
- Legal Foundations: Ethics in the Art Worldby artaboverealityLegal Foundations: Ethics in the Art World Ethics is a large part of the business in America. It may be the lynchpin to your organization and also could propel or destroy a business’ reputation. It seems that as far as […]
- “An All Colored Cast” by Hank Willis Thomas at Kayne Griffin Cocoranby artabovereality“An All Colored Cast” by Hank Willis Thomas at Kayne Griffin Cocoran Nestled in a small gated space on La Brea, Kayne Griffin Corcoran presents itself as more of a Hollywood garden party than a contemporary art gallery. You almost […]
- Soul of A Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power 1963-83 at The Broad Museumby artaboverealitySoul of A Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power 1963-83 at The Broad Museum “No other field is closed to those who are not white and male as is the visual arts. After I decided to be an […]
- Frieze Week LA 2019by artaboverealityThe Anticipation and Excitement of the inaugural Frieze Week Los Angeles Located at the Paramount Studios lot in Hollywood, the first edition of the Frieze Art Fair encompassed a full-on art gallery fair experience alongside the exterior New York backlot, […]
- Digitalia: Examining Blackness in a Museum Through Technologyby artaboverealityDigitalia: Examining Blackness in a Museum Through Technology Consider this: In the future, you’ll walk into your local museum and see nothing. That’s right. Nothing at all. Gone are your museum preconceptions about popularity, prestige, inclusivity, and from which rich […]
- Art Basel/Art Week Miami 2017by artaboverealityArt Basel/Art Week Miami 2017 As another December dawned on South Florida for seven days of curated art mega-fairs, posh private parties, and loads of unavoidable traffic throughout the city, Art Week Miami welcomed over 20,000 visitors to take in […]
- Analysis of “An Athlete Wrestling A Python” (1877) by Frederick Leightonby artaboverealityAnalysis of “An Athlete Wrestling A Python” (1877) by Frederick Leighton “When I was at work upon the Daphnephoria it occurred to me to model some of the figures. It was at this time that the idea of my Athlete […]
- American Non-Objective Ideology – From The Vapour of Gasolineby artaboverealityAmerican Non-Objective Ideology – From The Vapour of Gasoline When I stumbled upon the title of this exhibition I immediately thought about the state of the country. In the United States, you could say that the current tone for the […]
- Studio Visits: Kenny Scharfby artaboverealityStudio Visits: Kenny Scharf
- Studio Visits: Charles Dicksonby artaboverealityStudio Visits: Charles Dickson I had the extreme pleasure of visiting the studio of the great Charles Dickson in Compton, CA. Not only was I blown away by the hospitality, but I was also enthralled and floored by the amount […]