love this take on gerhard richter

http://artnews.org/renaissancesociety/?exi=10904

Virginia Nimarkoh Untitled #1, 2001 (After Gerhard Richter, Betty, 1988) C-Print 48.6" x 36.8 " (framed)

unforgivableblackness

http://tressiemc.com/2013/09/18/when-you-forget-to-whistle-vivaldi/

Where can you find Dan Flavin/Vladimir Tatlin, Ethiopian scifi, and Albrecht Durer all in one? This video.

From over a year ago-- I suppose because he's Ethiopian-Canadian R&B he gets to quietly drop art references and nobody gives a stink about it (unlike Jay-Z & Picasso Baby, which is as much PR for Jay-Z as it is the Contemporary Art world, whose square heads racistly-classistly moaned and groaned about his validity as an artist. Puhlease, get over yourselves.)

Look for the art references:
Dan Flavin, “monument” for V. Tatlin, 1969

Albrecht Dürer, Self-Portrait as Christ, 1500
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Speaking of which, next time I'll blog about artist-as-Christ identifications. Yeezus, anyone?

dayum, preach on preacha!

“The black prophetic tradition has been the leaven in the American democratic loaf,” West said. “What has kept American democracy from going fascist or authoritarian or autocratic has been the legacy of Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Martin King, Fannie Lou Hamer. This is not because black people have a monopoly on truth, goodness or beauty. It is because the black freedom movement puts pressure on the American empire in the name of integrity, decency, honesty and virtue.”

Chris Hedges: Cornel West and the Black Prophetic Tradition.

kaj and mlk-via miranda july

Dear E,

As we work with the youth of America on behalf of the Skyhook Foundation Mr. Abdul-Jabbar wanted to share this photo of himself with educattors across the country. He met MLK Jr. when he was 17 years old and became inspired to become a writer. He attended this press conference as a reporter representing the HARYOU Act (Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited) in 1965. Please let me know if you need anything else.

Best, Deborah

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Leading Icons from Success to Significance
Representing the NBA's All-Time Leading Scorer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

http://wethinkalone.com/

hillary commends arsenio hall for how he handled the l.a. riots

AH:[regarding the LA riots]"We gotta stay involved everday. After the fires burn out we can't allow our involvement to burn out."

BC:"This is not just about race. It's about ethics and education and economics. It's about kids being divorced from the life we want them to live."

Welcome back, Arsenio. YAY!

Sunset at Montmajour

New Van Gogh discovered after it was originally thought a fake!