Another gloomy day in the city taking the subway to Brooklyn. The smell of the subway system filling your lungs. The air of New York City mecca to art, music, and finance giant amount the all. The the exhibition of works from Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz stand in that limelight now bring the African American taste, style and experience to the eyes. An exceptional body of work to take in and ponder.
On the shoulder of Giants we experience this art which smacks the senses. In these works from Kehinde Wiley reflecting the king and queen with of the Deans' Collection. These oil on linen painting capture with extraordinary detail likeness of the Deans, Alicia and Swizz Beatz.
And as we continue our journey around the exhibition of the Deans' Collection we come to the work of Ernie Barnes, Study of Spoken Word, Charcoal on Paper 2006.
This charcoal drawing honor many of our past spoken word artist keeping their names present and persistent to the future generations that come to admire this work. The work reflects an exceptionally skill and treatment with the charcoal medium making me remember my studies of works done by Renassaince masters. The value and depth is near perfect and can clearly reflect the skill of the artist.
In these painting we see Esther Mahlangu, Ndebele Abstract, Acrylic on Canvas 2017.
Reflecting bold colors and symmetrical abstract patterns inspired by the Ndebele people of South Africa. A self taught painter the images reflect a native style similar to the Native American art of found in the US.
In Titus Kaphar, A Puzzled Revolution, Oil on canvas, 2021. We see one of the most infamous and often portrayed image of Muhammad Ali's 1965 "phantom punch" knockout of Sonny Liston. The figure of Ali is cut out in each of the images and replaced with different images which the artist does to reflect the missing African American figures from the history of art. This is especially felt in the famous image of the Madonna which hark ens to early masterpiece works of Europe.
Well that is a small taste of the many works of art you may find at the Brooklyn Museum. Take the trip and enjoy the art...
Ohh and one last piece for the less contemporary artist out there.
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