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Category Archives: 2010s
A Faith Ringgold Retrospective
Aren’t there times when you wished you lived in New York City? I wish I were there now to see the Faith Ringgold retrospective at the New Museum. It is the first comprehensive US retrospective of her work, beginning with … Continue reading
Posted in 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s
Tagged African American, artist, New Jersey, New York, textiles, visual arts
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Book Review–Bill Cunningham: On the Street
Bill Cunningham, the famous fashion photographer, liked to claim that he wasn’t a photographer at all. Instead he was a columnist who wrote with pictures. There is something to this statement. The story goes that he first documented what he … Continue reading
The Birmingham Project of Dawoud Bey
The Whitney Museum in New York City is currently showing the work of Dawoud Bey, an African American photographer with an inclusive eye. One of his most inventive works is the Birmingham Project of 2012, commemorating 50 years since the … Continue reading
Aminah Robinson–Life into Art
This stunning piece is a good introduction into the work of Columbus, Ohio artist Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson (1940-2015). Using the materials of daily life—paper, pencils, fabric, trim, and buttons, she creates stunning compositions. The mixed media creation above serves … Continue reading
Book Review: Fashionopolis by Dana Thomas
First the bad news, then the good: that’s the structure of this book. You can see it in the subtitle—“The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes.” The bad news section of the book, about a fifth of … Continue reading
Book Review—Fear and Clothing: Unbuckling American Style by Cintra Wilson
What happens when a punk-inspired, all-black-wearing Brooklynite undertakes a wide ranging study of American dress? You end up with a humorous, and often snarky, assessment of Americans’ love of pastels, polyester, and malls. The book’s big message: break loose from … Continue reading
Book Review—This Chair Rocks; A Manifesto against Ageism by Ashton Applewhite
After reading many books about aging, I thought I had narrowed them down to two basic stories: “aging is sad” versus “aging is glorious.” This Chair Rocks by Ashton Applewhite is something different. Her basic message is that aging is … Continue reading
Black Legends in Blackglama
I never understood the wording of these once ubiquitous ads for mink coats. The people pictured in the ads were contemporary celebrities—legends in their own time. To underscore that fact, their names were never mentioned in the photo. Surely they … Continue reading
Wrinkle Positivity
Recently I have been following the “body positivity” movement on blogs and Instagram. Women who are larger than those depicted in the main stream media (i.e. most of us) are demanding that they be recognized not only as normal, but … Continue reading