In March 1968, Gordon Parks published a portrait of an African-American child with disheveled clothes in Life magazine. His lips were swollen and cracked from eating plaster, in a futile attempt to ward off hunger. His eyes were plaintive and haunting. Richard Fontenelle was too young to understand, but he and his family became the [...]
Harlem Exhibition, ‘Fore’, Explores Redefining ‘Black’
November 30, 2012 | Posted by
In 2001 the Studio Museum in Harlem opened a group exhibition called “Freestyle,” the first in what would be a series intended to introduce freshly minted African-American talent. And in the catalog for that show the curator, Thelma Golden, dropped a neat little cultural bomb. She referred to the group of artists she’d chosen, most [...]
Caribbean Art Occupies 3 NY Galleries for ‘Caribbean: Crossroads of the World’
June 15, 2012 | Posted by
In size, cultural scope and freshness of material, the three-museum exhibition “Caribbean: Crossroads of the World” is the big art event of the summer season in New York, itself one of the largest Caribbean cities. To take in the entire thing requires traveling between the Studio Museum in Harlem and El Museo del Barrio, both [...]
