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Black artists helped me see the beauty in my own paintings : NPR
They say to locate out what you definitely want, go back again to when you were a baby. When I was a child, I genuinely required to be a painter — but I was under no circumstances terrific at it. I was discouraged due to the fact in artwork class, my paintings have been under no circumstances the most wonderful. The creator as a child. Sommer Hill hide caption toggle caption Sommer Hill The creator as a little one. Sommer Hill In the third quality we would be presented a task. One time, the venture was to produce a portrait. I utilised the skills and recommendations we had been all…
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sugar statues, postcards, fishing photos : Goats and Soda : NPR
The large paintings are based on old French postcards depicting life in Senegal. They’re displayed in a replica of the courtyard of a traditional Senegalese home. It’s part of a re-creation of Senegal’s past from Senegalese artist Alioune Diagne, pictured above inside his Biennale exhibition at the Grand Théâtre National in Dakar. Carmen Abd Ali for NPR hide caption toggle caption Carmen Abd Ali for NPR The large paintings are based on old French postcards depicting life in Senegal. They’re displayed in a replica of the courtyard of a traditional Senegalese home. It’s part of a re-creation of Senegal’s past from Senegalese artist Alioune Diagne, pictured above inside his Biennale…
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At the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, the female painter’s gaze is on display : NPR
For decades, women artists have been fighting to get their work on museum gallery walls. Recently, the battle is being won: Various exhibitions across the country feature female’s work. Once visitors notice the change, they see that art can be different when women wield the paintbrushes. Sometimes. And sometimes not. Hope Gangloff, Queen Jane Approximately, 2011. Acrylic on canvas, 66 x 108 inches. Collection of Alturas Foundation, San Antonio, Texas © Hope Gangloff. Adam Reich/Courtesy of the Artist and Susan Inglett Gallery, NYC hide caption toggle caption Adam Reich/Courtesy of the Artist and Susan Inglett Gallery, NYC Hope Gangloff, Queen Jane Approximately, 2011. Acrylic on canvas, 66 x 108 inches.…
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A Black museum asks to melt Charlottesville’s Robert E. Lee statue to create new art : NPR
Employees eliminate a statue of Accomplice Gen. Robert E. Lee from Sector Road Park in Charlottesville, Va., in July. Initial designs to get rid of the statue four yrs back sparked the infamous “Unite the Right” rally at which 32-calendar year-outdated Heather Heyer was killed. Gain McNamee/Getty Images disguise caption toggle caption Gain McNamee/Getty Visuals Workers take out a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from Market Street Park in Charlottesville, Va., in July. Initial programs to get rid of the statue four decades back sparked the notorious “Unite the Ideal” rally at which 32-calendar year-previous Heather Heyer was killed. Acquire McNamee/Getty Visuals 4 yrs in the past, the…
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Architecture prize goes to woman who reclaims toxic dumps : NPR
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Next, we have the story of a landscape architect who specializes in unattractive landscapes. She’s received a important new prize for her function, and that contains her operate with harmful waste dumps. NPR’s Neda Ulaby has extra. NEDA ULABY, BYLINE: Julie Bargmann is drawn to unloved areas, polluted and gnarly. JULIE BARGMANN: The far more gnarly, the greater. ULABY: Why? BARGMANN: I am from New Jersey. ULABY: Bargmann is a professor at the College of Virginia who founded a style and design firm termed D.I.R.T. – Dump It Appropriate There. She’s generally preferred slag heaps, smelly quarries. BARGMANN: I experienced a raw, type of instinctual attraction to…
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Pianist Simone Dinnerstein debuts as stage director in a multimedia recital : NPR
Simone Dinnerstein in dress rehearsal for The Eye Is the First Circle. Maria Baranova/courtesy of Peak Performances hide caption toggle caption Maria Baranova/courtesy of Peak Performances Simone Dinnerstein in dress rehearsal for The Eye Is the First Circle. Maria Baranova/courtesy of Peak Performances Most of us have snapshots of ourselves as infants. But pianist Simone Dinnerstein has a different kind of baby picture. Her father, Simon, included her, sitting on her mother’s lap, in The Fulbright Triptych, an enormous 14-foot-wide painting. That 1974 masterwork is at the center of a new multimedia performance piece devised and directed by the pianist: The Eye Is the First Circle premieres at Montclair State…



