1/31/09: Road trip to Tulsa to deliver my share of the upcoming exhibition, 'Transcend: Contemporary Black Oklahoma' at Living Artspace.
Nathan Lee of Visual Realms Studio curates the show and was on the phone making arrangements for some media play with the local TV station, when I came in.
While he was distracted, I took some shots to give you a peep.
While he was distracted, I took some shots to give you a peep.
Left: Where Nathan Lee's iconic series of biomorphic human trees were as slender as calligraphy strokes, Lee's new sculptures probe the artist's representation of raw human emotion by adding volume to the mix. You'll want to touch them.
Cherry Ledbetter's brightly painted sculptures of women who defy easy racial identity, are elevated craft with a folk-inspired flavor that calls to mind India, Africa, Latin America and the American Southwest.
Actor, performer and photographer Rory Ledbetter dares to go there in intimate but stark erotic black and white imagery of Black gay males that hearken back to Robert Mapplethorpe.
Suzanne Thomas' iconic Guardians Series' of 3-D paintings honoring powerful women from history, stand watch at the entrance of the gallery
A detail of Skip Hill's unfinished diptych 'Der Ubermensch' Captain America. 4'x8' mixed-media.
I have taken to abstracting elements of Pop, the social-political climate, African and Asian motifs, graffiti and jacking them up a notch.
Opening night I will complete the painting as a performance piece during the Artist Reception.
Artist/Curator Nathan Lee
Transcend: @Living Artspace February 6-19th, 2009
Transcend: @Living Artspace February 6-19th, 2009
308 S. Kenosha Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Artist Reception Friday
February 6, 7-10pm
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