Archive for the 'Contemporary' Category
This is something I have always believed, and I am not talking beauty on the inside, I am talking aesthetics, facially, some people you have to look a little harder than others, some times you find it in fleeting expressions, other times it is a permanent fixture.
I found Facity which confirms my theory in part, to [...]
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Many moons ago I was at a night spot, I spotted a tall extremely elegant well dressed young man, some of his male company did not look that bad either, I later found out that said gentleman was Ozwald Boateng (OBE).
His suits are so fly, some loud with bright eccentric colours, in some cases only the lining is bright, [...]
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I love Kanye’s new album, the art work is wonderful…..okay so are the tracks.
Takashi designed the cover and all the inserts, I had come across his work before, all those happy smiling flowers, just never got the chance to post, not that I have posted anything for a while.
Tokyo born and educated, sculptor and pop artist (he [...]
Posted in African Artist, Asian Artist, Contemporary, Graffiti Artist, If I Could I Would, Mixed Media, Sculpture, video | 4 Comments »
I loved Bingham’s work with out knowing who he was, I collected pictures of Mohammed Ali on a web site a while back, little did I know they were taken by the same photographer.
He was kicked out of school and told to pursue another career apart from photography, like the Greatest Ali, sheer determination always [...]
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Two Heroic Sisters of the Grassland 2007
Oh my God, was I not drooling like an idiot when I found Kehinde’s site it is everything I love about art, cool, contemporary, modern and perfect execution! It is the type of art I created this blog to find….. it is just so right.
The poses and expressions, European gentry meets [...]
Posted in African American Artist, Afro American, Black Artist, Contemporary, If I Could I Would, Painting | 2 Comments »
Whilst perusing my blog stats, I found a search item “beautiful nudes”, which reminded me of a coffee table book I own titled “Soul”(least I think I do, I have not seen it for a while) with the most beautiful nude pictures of black women including Alek Wek, Naomi Campbell and Iman, exquisite high contrast photographs which were [...]
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When I grow up I want to be a fashion photographer, okay I’m all grown and I am not a fashion photographer but if I was I would want to be Marc Baptiste, because then I would have taken my favorite picture of Lauren Hill (below). In all honesty Marc is not my favorite photographer, [...]
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Sisters
I can tell how much I like an artist, by the amount of time I spend on their site, in Jules’s case too long, besides his work the site itself is fierce, a beautiful platform to showcase his work, I love elegant design.
His work is hypnotic splendor, his subjects draw you in with their eyes reading your soul and telling [...]
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I don’t like going out especially when its cold, I can’t drive to my destination or I am tired, which is very much me everyday, I need to get to the Riverside Gallery in Richmond, London to see works on exhibit by Stephen Wiltshire before it ends on March 11, lets hope the weather warms up [...]
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