Nothing Was the Same Artwork
Drake Shares Nothing Was the Same Artwork Kadir Nelson is an African-American artist behind the cover of the 2010 posthumous Michael Jackson release Michael. Continue reading Nothing Was the Same Artwork
African Lost-Wax Casting
The basic method of lost-wax casting has been widely practiced on the African continent for centuries. While it is difficult to establish how the method was developed or introduced to the region, it is clear that West African sculptors were casting brass with this method for several hundred years prior to the arrival of the first Portuguese explorers The Portuguese in Africa, 1415–1600 along the … Continue reading African Lost-Wax Casting
The Black Arts Movement (1965-1975)
The black arts movement was an ideological movement that emerged in the USA in the early 1960s when black artists and intellectuals came together to organise, study and think about what a new black art and black politics movement might be the movement was inspired by the revolutions in China, Cuba and successful African and Asian independence movements, as well as the rise of black … Continue reading The Black Arts Movement (1965-1975)
African-American Flag by David Hammons
“African-American Flag” by David Hammons Transforming the American flag with red, black and green – colours that represent blood, black skin and African forestry – David Hammons examines the nation’s always-contentious racial politics. Continue reading African-American Flag by David Hammons
Black Art Story 