Aug 28, 2019 | Art, Design
Timothy Washington, “Energy Source (detail)” (c. 2000), mixed media assemblage, 89 x 29 x 2 inches (all images courtesy the artist and California African American Museum)Los Angeles-based artist Timothy Washington emerged in the late 1960s as part of the Black Arts...
Aug 14, 2019 | Art, Design, Photography
Michael Rakowitz, “The Breakup” (2010-ongoing), Mixed media (image courtesy the artist)LONDON — Following Baghdad’s fall to US troops in 2003, more than 15,000 artifacts were looted from the National Museum of Iraq by thieves. The presence of ISIS went on to...
Aug 13, 2019 | Art, Design, Photography, Sculpture
Brad Kahlhamer, “Greatest Geronimo” (2013) Acrylic on spray paint on canvas, 40 1/8 x 30 inches (Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York)ST. PAUL, Minnesota — A disarmingly provocative show, Brad Kahlhamer: A Nation of One, makes clear that the...
Aug 9, 2019 | Art, Illustration, Photography, Sculpture
Ingrid Calame “CgONG!” (made from “#70 3/4 Working Drawing”) (2002) enamel on aluminum, 48 x 48 inches (courtesy the artist)The Mead Art Museum at Amherst College received 170 works of contemporary art from an anonymous donor. The pieces span a range of formats and...
Aug 6, 2019 | Art, Design, Sculpture
John T. Riddle, Jr., “America’s Problem Solver” (1970), welded metals (all images by the author for Hyperallergic)LOS ANGELES — The artist John T. Riddle, Jr. just wanted to be an abstract painter before reading Seize the Time, a 1970 book by Black Panther Party...
