Contemporary African American Female Artists. Talks, exhibitions, and another performance are scheduled in october and november featuring mark bradford, carrie mae weems, amy sherald, and many others, including a slate of internationally recognized african. Please let us know who is missing by contacting us.
Robert hodgins is often considered a contemporary artist due to his late blooming career and long life (hodgins died in 2010 aged 89). 1983) was born in nigeria; While hodgins staged his first exhibition in joburg in 1956, it was in the late 1980s and early 1990s (after having retired from a career in journalism and academia) that he began to make a serious impact on the south african art world.
Growing up as a young black female visual artist, there seemed to be no one who looked like me to look up to.
See more ideas about african american artist, female artists, american artists. From colonial to modern times and realistic portraiture to minimalistic sculpture and striking abstractions, these diverse works and artists deserve more credit. She works in various formats including murals, sculptures, and paintings on the subject of african americans. Two examples are the color palate and the subject matter.