A new film is in the works that could help to re-build the possibility of a new black aesthetic in the 21st century. Described as a "satire about being a black face in a very white place," "Dear White People" promises a complex and comical depiction of blackness.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at 05:42PM 
Go is interesting because it alters the way we traditionally curate art in museums. At the moment, curation is largely an undemocratic process -- a small circle of stakeholders, investors, academics and, of course, curators determine what will be housed in a museum. The process is mired in politics and contestations over history, memory and value; yet, the process is anti-political in the sense that it does not incorporate the political system the West holds so dear: democracy. In short and in the words of art historian Carol Duncan, the museum is a ritual.
Friday, June 8, 2012 at 05:40PM 
LaBossiere's exploration of art as concept reveals disquieting implications. If art (not just extreme conceptual art, but all art) gains its value to some degree from the value of its creator, then one must wonder what sort of inequality exists in the valuation of art. Would, for example, a Big Al Carter piece sell for more if Big Al had not been black and unrepresented by a gallery? Or, would it sell for less? When artists become petit-celebrities of a sort, does their art increase in value? Should it, particularly if the quality (however measured) has not? And, perhaps more importantly, how do our cultural biases play into the determination of value for pieces of art labeled "tribal" or "folk" art?
Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 02:28PM 
Twenty-somethings, it's time. It's time to roll up that poster of Muhammad Ali and that silk screen canvas print of the Eiffel Tower. It's time to rest something lasting on those blank white apartment walls. It's time to buy original art.
Monday, May 7, 2012 at 12:04PM
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 08:24AM When I think about music, I think of passion. When I think about passion, I think of emotion. When I think about emotion, I think of love, hate, fear, joy, sadness, resilience, and a great many others. But most of all, I think of universality. The best songs, in my opinion, tell a story. They take us on a journey of love, of hate, of hurt, of forgiveness. They remind us that we are not alone. The specificity of a story often breeds the universality of the emotions it conjures.
Sunday, April 22, 2012 at 04:17PM