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Waiting...2007
Acrylic and Marker
Acrylic and Marker
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...in the European Fine Arts / which is the foundation of American Art, Drawing is the Master Foundation. In the African Arts Sculpture and Woven Textile as well as Script, symbolism & Design ) is the Master Aesthetic. Paper Art was not the means of securing a visual tradition in a Terrestrial environment. So Sculpture - Wood, Metal, Clay / Stone and Fibre rules the African Design Aesthetic.
...Canvas Painting is a Modern aspect of African Art and it extends to all of the established major categories. But ABSTRACTION as it relates to Modern Art is an African Pillar because Sculpture ( theAfrican primary Art Form ) is always based in several preliminary "Abstract" stages of seeing >before the signature African textural and anatomic features are added to the Abstract Form.
...in the European Fine Arts / which is the foundation of American Art, Drawing is the Master Foundation. In the African Arts Sculpture and Woven Textile as well as Script, symbolism & Design ) is the Master Aesthetic. Paper Art was not the means of securing a visual tradition in a Terrestrial environment. So Sculpture - Wood, Metal, Clay / Stone and Fibre rules the African Design Aesthetic.
...Canvas Painting is a Modern aspect of African Art and it extends to all of the established major categories. But ABSTRACTION as it relates to Modern Art is an African Pillar because Sculpture ( theAfrican primary Art Form ) is always based in several preliminary "Abstract" stages of seeing >before the signature African textural and anatomic features are added to the Abstract Form.
Baba John Mason...in his Book "Orin Orisa" Sacred Songs of Cuban / American Yoruba descendants said "AFRICAN ART IS ARGUABLY THE SPRINGBOARD FOR
THE ENTIRE MODERN ART MOVEMENT...
Baba John Mason...in his Book "Orin Orisa" Sacred Songs of Cuban / American Yoruba descendants said "AFRICAN ART IS ARGUABLY THE SPRINGBOARD FOR
THE ENTIRE MODERN ART MOVEMENT...
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AGANJU - 2007
Acrylic on Board
Acrylic on Board
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MIDDLE PASSAGE - 2007
Acrylic on Board
Acrylic on Board
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OGUN THE BUILDER - 2007
Acrylic on Corrugated Cardboard
Acrylic on Corrugated Cardboard
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SKY SCRAPER
Acrylic on Masonite
Acrylic on Masonite
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THE PROJECTS - 2007
Acrylic on Illustration Board
Acrylic on Illustration Board
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"ISE DIDON FIFFIN AWON ENIA DUDU"
...refers to INCISED LINE vs SMOOTH SURFACE... and how that aesthetic created the African Textral Character or "Image of Our People" as well as that texture beng the "Skin" or features of perceived beings representing the natural order. That script or sybolism or motif carved into wood is what makes African Art so distinctive. It also feeds into Modern African (African American) Abstract Painting and Design. African textile is seen as colorful and vibrant.
The African distinction is "PATTERNS", "MOTIFS" AND "CHARACTER", > actually complex ABSTRACT DESIGN that is completely African stamped for it's individuality and appearance. "Some" are African motifs that are generationally deep and tribally significant like Kente Cloth which indicates class and social distinction.
...my motifs have a number of meanings...
...as an American Based / Folk Centered Artist / Educator with a wide Genre based Studio Practice, my original orientation was Illustrative Social Commentary...later Painting and then Entrepreneurial / Experimental and Culture Industry Arts which expanded my Studio work in a broad fashion. Since 1999 my work has been based in Orisha Art and Neo Expressionism.
West African Spirituality has always been a feature of my work in some way because of my alternate career as an African (American) percussionist. My Narrative / Folkloric Artwork and my Music / Instrument making became a basis for study which ties my 50 year Professional Arts and Culture Career into a related series of Personal, Studio, Museum and Public Projects, some of which are decades long.
...refers to INCISED LINE vs SMOOTH SURFACE... and how that aesthetic created the African Textral Character or "Image of Our People" as well as that texture beng the "Skin" or features of perceived beings representing the natural order. That script or sybolism or motif carved into wood is what makes African Art so distinctive. It also feeds into Modern African (African American) Abstract Painting and Design. African textile is seen as colorful and vibrant.
The African distinction is "PATTERNS", "MOTIFS" AND "CHARACTER", > actually complex ABSTRACT DESIGN that is completely African stamped for it's individuality and appearance. "Some" are African motifs that are generationally deep and tribally significant like Kente Cloth which indicates class and social distinction.
...my motifs have a number of meanings...
...as an American Based / Folk Centered Artist / Educator with a wide Genre based Studio Practice, my original orientation was Illustrative Social Commentary...later Painting and then Entrepreneurial / Experimental and Culture Industry Arts which expanded my Studio work in a broad fashion. Since 1999 my work has been based in Orisha Art and Neo Expressionism.
West African Spirituality has always been a feature of my work in some way because of my alternate career as an African (American) percussionist. My Narrative / Folkloric Artwork and my Music / Instrument making became a basis for study which ties my 50 year Professional Arts and Culture Career into a related series of Personal, Studio, Museum and Public Projects, some of which are decades long.
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Right - detail from "New Generation at the Scene of the Crime"...
...this detail shows 0ne of my Fabric Painting Styles "(C)Afroneo/NeoAfro" on Paper. I chose Neo Expressionism as my Studo Genre in College where I started this piece. It is 6 x 5 feet and features the combination of African Textile Design, Expressive Painting and Pointillism. In my early days at the High School of Art and Design, NYC when I worked explusively in Pen and Ink, I employed Cross h\Hatching and Dot Matrix in my drwings. A drawing would take 3 months of time but the effect was well worth it. Pointillism is a Super Technique that takes a lot of skill and knowledge of color, form and media. ...I atribute the French Artist Seurat with that influence.
...I have studied and seen his actual works at the Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim Museum in NYC when the Guggenheim hosted the first and only showing of most of the Great Modern Masters. Pointillism is color field, background, texture, vibrance and "SKIN" in my studio work.
... I am not an Impressionist lke Seurat. I use hard lines and the color Black which the Impressionists don't do. My Forms and content are African and therefore on the edge of Traditional Modernism. I identify with the modernist movement throught the Arts, PAINTING, Technique and History.
...As a African American Artist of the 60's Content is always an up front aesthetic...which is what makes the dea of BLACK ART. But BLACKART IS NOT A GENRE...IT'S A CREATIVE MINDSET AND SOCIAL EXPRESSION, MUCH OF WHICH IS HIGHLY PERSONALIZED.
IMAGE MAKING BEGINS WITH A VISION OR FROM A VISION
DRAWING IS MARK MAKING...IMAGE IS A COMPOSITION OF MARKS
IMAGE MAKING BEGINS WITH A VISION OR FROM A VISION
DRAWING IS MARK MAKING...IMAGE IS A COMPOSITION OF MARKS
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REAL CAJON 2007
Pen, Marker and Prisma Color Pencil
Pen, Marker and Prisma Color Pencil
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...da Chuch uh da kill'a Crew Harmoney takers... 2012
Narrative Design - Motif...
YEWA THE VIRGIN
Oshun Yemanja - 2007
Oshun Yemanja - 2007
...Free Style 2 Panel Exploded Motif...by Exploded, the patterns are less ordered because the design is developed weithout a central focus. It's a free style / free association with no figurative focus, just abstracted forms and textures. The Colors used is where the title comes from because in Orisha Folkloric Art color codes have great significance. The significantly abstracted picture makes sense more directly with a color code because that color energy becomes the overall focus.
...that Traditional Diaspora Yoruba Color Narrative is one of 2 Visual references in this painting. The other is the visual / thematic resolution that radiates simultaneously communicating a visual statement without words. Where it matters culturally, there is the significnce of Color as a first note. In the main stream, it is an Abstract Painting.. Art about Nothing!...
...that Traditional Diaspora Yoruba Color Narrative is one of 2 Visual references in this painting. The other is the visual / thematic resolution that radiates simultaneously communicating a visual statement without words. Where it matters culturally, there is the significnce of Color as a first note. In the main stream, it is an Abstract Painting.. Art about Nothing!...
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