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In the 1960s, abstract painting was a controversial style for Black artists, overshadowed by social realist works. Now, it’s claimed its place as a vital form of expression.
Galerie Maximilain is presenting the respected work of Black abstract conceptual artists whose work has been overlooked for decades but in the last 20 years has begun to receive the recognition ...
Abstract expressionist movements generally follow figurative movements, he said, noting the importance of the Black figure in art during the Black Lives Matter, Civil Rights and Black Arts movements.
In this video, I am using a simple color palette of white, black and gold! I am still working on my embellishments with the ...
Spotlighting artists like Sam Gilliam, Felrath Hines and Joe Overstreet, “Innervisions” underscores the breadth of Black abstract art since the 1950s.
His answers came together in the group show "Change Is God — Take Root Among the Stars: Black Abstraction in the Midwest," now on view at Soo Visual Arts Center in Minneapolis.
At the time, he was a Black abstract painter working in a titanium white art world. Sir Frank Bowling in his London studio in 2017. (Courtesy Alastair Levy/Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) ...
Pierre Soulages, who found infinite possibility in black abstract paintings, has died, aged 102. The celebrated French artist remained committed to his singular formal pursuit for decades.