Tamra Davis, who’d become friends with the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, filmed a 20 minute interview with him back in 1986. The interview is the focal point of The Radiant Child, an 88 minute film she did about his life. Basquiat’s childhood introduction to art by his mother, his teenaged years tagging trains and his rise [...]
Pioneering graffiti artist and rapper Rammellzee passed yesterday in his native Far Rockaway, New York. He was one of the early writers to tag the NYC subway trains and he he built a philosophy called Gothic Futurism that was designed to free letters from their Western colonization. He made iconic appearances in Style Wars and [...]
Chor Boogie has created portraits for some high profile clients. His clientele includes: Hugh Hefner, Jay Z, Rage Against The Machine, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, NAS, just to name a few. He has also done commissioned work for Tony Robbins, MOCA of SD, the New Children’s Museum, the Olympics in China, and recently was commissioned to [...]
Art21 Uncut: Julie Mehretu Painting at Goldman Sachs from Art21 on Vimeo. This is Julie Mehretu’s painting that was commissioned by Goldman Sachs. Ms. Mehretu is an artist of African origin who has made a name for herself over the past decade plus by creating electric layered paintings of abstract maps.
A Walk Through Fort Greene – TRAILER from Diane Paragas on Vimeo. Black creativity in the ’80′s coming out of Brooklyn, Fort Greene that is.
