Profile: David Hammons (1943-)
David Hammons is an American artist especially known for his works in and around New York City and Los Angeles during the 1970s and 1980s. Continue reading Profile: David Hammons (1943-)
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Profile: Patrick Earl Hammie (1981-)
Patrick Earl Hammie is an American visual artist and educator best known for his large-scale portrait and nude paintings of allegorical subjects. Hammie’s paintings emphasize movement, color, and sensuality, drawing from art history and visual culture to examine ideas related to cultural identity, masculinity, beauty, and sexuality. Hammie lives in Champaign, where he currently works as an Associate Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Continue reading Profile: Patrick Earl Hammie (1981-)
Profile: Lauren Halsey (1987-)
Lauren Halsey is a contemporary American artist from Los, Angeles, California. Halsey uses architecture and installation art to demonstrate the realities of urban neighborhoods like South Central, Los Angeles. Continue reading Profile: Lauren Halsey (1987-)
Profile: Dutty Boukman
Dutty Boukman (Also known as “Boukman Dutty”) was an early leader of the Haitian Revolution. Born in Senegambia (present-day Senegal and Gambia), he was captured, enslaved, and transported to Jamaica. He eventually ended up in Haiti, where he became a leader of the Maroons and a Vodou hougan (priest). Continue reading Profile: Dutty Boukman
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