Category: Visual Arts
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40 Days of Black Art. Day 1: Allan Crite
40 Days of Black Art: My Lenten journey through images and individuals at the intersection of faith and creativity. Day 1: Allan Rohan Crite Three things: Known as the grandaddy of the Boston art scene, Crite’s work centered around three main themes: Negro spirituals, religious themes that emphasize non-European aspects of the Bible, and every day African…
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The Elephant in the Room: Ivory vs Art History
Cognitive dissonance: discomfort at simultaneously holding two contradictory beliefs. UK’s Daily Mail reports “Prince William has vowed to destroy all 1,200 ivory artefacts in Buckingham Palace to ‘send a message’ to illegal elephant poachers.” Read more… The circle of life is one thing, poaching animals is another. I’m all for ending barbaric practices that kill…
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Guiness Advertising featuring The Sapeurs (Society of Elegant Persons of the Congo)
“In life you cannot always choose what you do, but you can always choose who you are.” Peace, cultural and gender identity, nation building, community, trade, economics, genealogy and family through the vehicle of fashion. Read Adweek’s article “Ad of the Day: Congo’s Sapeurs Star in the Best-Dressed Guinness Commercial Ever: Central African elegance By David Griner.”…
Simone Monique Barnes 