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Two artistic voices meet through sound, salvaged materials, and cultural memory.
Badir McCleary reflects on Kara Walker and Lauren Halsey, exploring how monumental art makes Black history, place, and memory visible.
DatesSeptember 20-27th, 2025 LocationCielo Galleries, L.A. The Exhibition: The exhibition takes its title from the collaborative spirit of music-making: two distinct voices in dialogue, resonance and counterpoint. Through sculptural assemblages, painted surfaces and found‐object reliefs, Martinez and Pace repurpose brass and string components from radios, pianos and other instruments—alongside plastics, wood and e-waste—to compose visual […]
Black male creative professionals discuss the work and wider conditions shaping their careers.
In Episode One, I sit down with Des Moines, Iowa based artist B. Robert Moore. Multidisciplinary self-taught artist started painting in 2018-19 to counter drug addiction and alcoholism. As a tool to counter mental health issues and life trauma, Moore paints figurative works amongst other contemporary works that all are inner connected through Moore’s identity and experience as a Black man in America. Growing up in Iowa, a predominantly White-conservative state has inspired Moore to uplift narratives and images of people from his community and abroad who identify through similar life identity and experiences.
A Journey Through Text-Based Modern and Contemporary Art In December, I embarked on an intriguing journey, curating a threads conversation-style exhibition of text-based works from modern and contemporary art. It turned out to be more than just an academic exercise; it became a vibrant conversation among art enthusiasts. It was so cool that I figured […]
OPEN is Badir McCleary’s photographic exploration of openness through portraits, urban life, landscapes, and personal spaces.
#FallenThroughTheCracks – Clifford Ricardo Joseph was born on June 23, 1922, in Panama City, Panama. He was an influential figure in both the art world and the field of art therapy and was also a notable activist.
Ulysses Davis was born on January 13, 1913, in the railroad town of Fitzgerald, GA. He was an African-American barber and self-taught sculptor best known for his carvings of historical figures such as a set of mahogany busts of all the presidents (through George H. W. Bush).
Art History Challenger GPT by ArtAboveReality Ever since ChatGPT dropped I’d been sharpening up my Python to be able to create my own models and more that bounce off other APIs for arts institutions. With the release of GPT-4, I’ve been able to insert some of my logic with the amazing back end engine of Open AI and create […]
Happy Veterans Day to all the Vets and thank you for your service! I wanted to do a quick reel highlighting some works that focus on the lives of our heroes. Many black artists throughout history were soldiers and many have contributed some amazing visuals to life at War and Home. These artists #HoracePippin, #JacobLawrence, #CharlesWhite, and #JohnWoodrowWilson have works that I felt were apropos for today’s reflections. What are some of your favorite works that highlight the sacrifices and triumphs of our soldiers?
Beauford Delaney was born on December 30, 1901, in Knoxville, Tennessee. His artistic path took him from Boston to New York and later Paris, where his work shifted toward abstraction, color, and light.