YVONNE WELLS is a quilter who after 45 years of quilting has finally started getting the recognition her art deserves! Her quilts are idiosyncratic, storytelling, abstract, unexpected, charming, energetic, full of movement. #Blackabstractartists for #Blackhistorymonth
February 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
YVONNE WELLS is a quilter who after 45 years of quilting has finally started getting the recognition her art deserves! Her quilts are idiosyncratic, storytelling, abstract, unexpected, charming, energetic, full of movement. #Blackabstractartists for #Blackhistorymonth
Finally, portraits of SHINIQUE SMITH, because there’s an artist behind the art!
#Blackabstractartists for #Blackhistorymonth
#Blackabstractartists for #Blackhistorymonth
February 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Finally, portraits of SHINIQUE SMITH, because there’s an artist behind the art!
#Blackabstractartists for #Blackhistorymonth
#Blackabstractartists for #Blackhistorymonth
And finally, here’s some portraits of Sir FRANK BOWLING because there’s an artist behind the art! Yea, he has an OBE hence the Sir! 6/6
#blackabstractartists #blackhistorymonth
#blackabstractartists #blackhistorymonth
February 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
And finally, here’s some portraits of Sir FRANK BOWLING because there’s an artist behind the art! Yea, he has an OBE hence the Sir! 6/6
#blackabstractartists #blackhistorymonth
#blackabstractartists #blackhistorymonth
Then there are the absolutely transcendental & iconic abstract works by NORMAN LEWIS that suggest, imply, refer to humans gathered together like these two: “Title Unknown (March in Washington)”(1965) & “Carnivale II” (1962)
#blackabstractartists for #blackhistorymonth
6/n
#blackabstractartists for #blackhistorymonth
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February 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Then there are the absolutely transcendental & iconic abstract works by NORMAN LEWIS that suggest, imply, refer to humans gathered together like these two: “Title Unknown (March in Washington)”(1965) & “Carnivale II” (1962)
#blackabstractartists for #blackhistorymonth
6/n
#blackabstractartists for #blackhistorymonth
6/n
Finally, here’s some portraits of MARK BRADFORD himself, because there’s an artist behind the art!
#Blackabstractartists for #Blackhistorymonth
#Blackabstractartists for #Blackhistorymonth
February 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Finally, here’s some portraits of MARK BRADFORD himself, because there’s an artist behind the art!
#Blackabstractartists for #Blackhistorymonth
#Blackabstractartists for #Blackhistorymonth
MARK BRADFORD refers to his art as “social abstraction” meaning abstract art “with a social or political context clinging to the edges.” That he is Black and gay is not incidental but integral to his art. 6/n
#Blackabstractartists #blackhistorymonth
#Blackabstractartists #blackhistorymonth
February 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
MARK BRADFORD refers to his art as “social abstraction” meaning abstract art “with a social or political context clinging to the edges.” That he is Black and gay is not incidental but integral to his art. 6/n
#Blackabstractartists #blackhistorymonth
#Blackabstractartists #blackhistorymonth
In 1972 ALMA THOMAS was the first Black woman to have a solo show at the Whitney. The museum had come under a fair amount of criticism for its neglect of Black artists. The solo show was a huge success & has become legendary. ‘Mars Dust’ (1972) was shown 5/n
#blackabstractartists #blackhistorymonth
#blackabstractartists #blackhistorymonth
February 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
In 1972 ALMA THOMAS was the first Black woman to have a solo show at the Whitney. The museum had come under a fair amount of criticism for its neglect of Black artists. The solo show was a huge success & has become legendary. ‘Mars Dust’ (1972) was shown 5/n
#blackabstractartists #blackhistorymonth
#blackabstractartists #blackhistorymonth
GERALD JACKSON has had a long career - 6 decades & counting! Over that time he has been prolific in not only painting but also fabric arts, mixed media, poetry. He has recreated himself/his art times over. #blackabstractartists #blackhistorymonth
February 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
GERALD JACKSON has had a long career - 6 decades & counting! Over that time he has been prolific in not only painting but also fabric arts, mixed media, poetry. He has recreated himself/his art times over. #blackabstractartists #blackhistorymonth
Formalist abstraction is used to describe the work ODILI DONALD ODITA paints. He creates space through repetition & disruption, shifting hues, reversing shape, adding diagonals. The utopia of formal abstraction is at once successful and failed. 2/n
#Blackabstractartists #Blackhistorymonth
#Blackabstractartists #Blackhistorymonth
February 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Formalist abstraction is used to describe the work ODILI DONALD ODITA paints. He creates space through repetition & disruption, shifting hues, reversing shape, adding diagonals. The utopia of formal abstraction is at once successful and failed. 2/n
#Blackabstractartists #Blackhistorymonth
#Blackabstractartists #Blackhistorymonth
Finally, here are some portraits of ODILI DONALD ODITA because there’s always an artist behind the art. 5/5
#Blackabstractartists for #blackhistorymonth
#Blackabstractartists for #blackhistorymonth
February 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Finally, here are some portraits of ODILI DONALD ODITA because there’s always an artist behind the art. 5/5
#Blackabstractartists for #blackhistorymonth
#Blackabstractartists for #blackhistorymonth
#BlackHistoryMonth means I’ll be doing daily posts about #BlackSculptors
Some overlap with last year’s #BlackAbstractArtists is inevitable. Hope you will follow along!
Some overlap with last year’s #BlackAbstractArtists is inevitable. Hope you will follow along!
February 1, 2026 at 4:30 PM
#BlackHistoryMonth means I’ll be doing daily posts about #BlackSculptors
Some overlap with last year’s #BlackAbstractArtists is inevitable. Hope you will follow along!
Some overlap with last year’s #BlackAbstractArtists is inevitable. Hope you will follow along!
NORMAN LEWIS
#blackabstractartists for #blackhistorymonth
‘Cathedral’ (1950) was the first work by a Black American to be featured at the Venice Biennale in 1956.
4/n
#blackabstractartists for #blackhistorymonth
‘Cathedral’ (1950) was the first work by a Black American to be featured at the Venice Biennale in 1956.
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February 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
NORMAN LEWIS
#blackabstractartists for #blackhistorymonth
‘Cathedral’ (1950) was the first work by a Black American to be featured at the Venice Biennale in 1956.
4/n
#blackabstractartists for #blackhistorymonth
‘Cathedral’ (1950) was the first work by a Black American to be featured at the Venice Biennale in 1956.
4/n
TAFA FIADZIGBE (known often as “TAFA”) describes his painting as intuitive - the work revealing itself to him over time. This is how I often work so there’s a strong resonance for me even in just viewing TAFA’s work. 2/n
#Blackabstractartists for #Blackhistorymonth
#Blackabstractartists for #Blackhistorymonth
February 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
TAFA FIADZIGBE (known often as “TAFA”) describes his painting as intuitive - the work revealing itself to him over time. This is how I often work so there’s a strong resonance for me even in just viewing TAFA’s work. 2/n
#Blackabstractartists for #Blackhistorymonth
#Blackabstractartists for #Blackhistorymonth
The abstraction in JULIE MEHRETU’s work creates space for improvisation and wild imagination, much like jazz music does for Black musicians, even while abstract painting is most often thought of as a white man thing. Which is why
#Blackabstractartists for #Blackhistorymonth
3/n
#Blackabstractartists for #Blackhistorymonth
3/n
February 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The abstraction in JULIE MEHRETU’s work creates space for improvisation and wild imagination, much like jazz music does for Black musicians, even while abstract painting is most often thought of as a white man thing. Which is why
#Blackabstractartists for #Blackhistorymonth
3/n
#Blackabstractartists for #Blackhistorymonth
3/n
FRANK BOWLING is a Guyanese-British artist whose time in NYC in the 60s & 70s contributed to an art world pushing towards anticolonial modernism, valuing innovation and materiality of the paint but also rooted in geographies. 1/n #blackabstractartists #blackhistorymonth
February 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
FRANK BOWLING is a Guyanese-British artist whose time in NYC in the 60s & 70s contributed to an art world pushing towards anticolonial modernism, valuing innovation and materiality of the paint but also rooted in geographies. 1/n #blackabstractartists #blackhistorymonth
A day late on BEAUFORD DELANEY portraits - yesterday got away from me, last night especially rough it was. But here are portraits of the artist bc there’s an artist behind the art!
5/5
#Blackabstractartists #Blackhistorymonth
5/5
#Blackabstractartists #Blackhistorymonth
February 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
A day late on BEAUFORD DELANEY portraits - yesterday got away from me, last night especially rough it was. But here are portraits of the artist bc there’s an artist behind the art!
5/5
#Blackabstractartists #Blackhistorymonth
5/5
#Blackabstractartists #Blackhistorymonth
I really love BEAUFORD DELANEY’s mark-making in his abstract works. Like the best jazz pieces- sometimes they swoop, sometimes repetitive, often loose and colorful, they fill all the space available & seems to want to be even more. 2/n
#Blackabstractartists #Bñackhistorymonth
#Blackabstractartists #Bñackhistorymonth
February 28, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I really love BEAUFORD DELANEY’s mark-making in his abstract works. Like the best jazz pieces- sometimes they swoop, sometimes repetitive, often loose and colorful, they fill all the space available & seems to want to be even more. 2/n
#Blackabstractartists #Bñackhistorymonth
#Blackabstractartists #Bñackhistorymonth
BEAUFORD DELANEY worked in figurative expressionism & lyrical abstraction. Jazz music was central to his art & life. His art was celebrated during & central to the Harlem Renaissance. 1/n
#Blackabstractartists for #Blackhistorymonth
#Blackabstractartists for #Blackhistorymonth
February 28, 2025 at 1:22 AM
BEAUFORD DELANEY worked in figurative expressionism & lyrical abstraction. Jazz music was central to his art & life. His art was celebrated during & central to the Harlem Renaissance. 1/n
#Blackabstractartists for #Blackhistorymonth
#Blackabstractartists for #Blackhistorymonth
Time again for a fav! During the pandemic I learned more or less at random about MARY LOVELACE O’NEAL. I saw this painting at the Art Institute & fell in love instantly. The emotions, movement, colors!! ::swoon:: 1/n
#Blackabstractartists #Blackhistorymonth
#Blackabstractartists #Blackhistorymonth
February 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Time again for a fav! During the pandemic I learned more or less at random about MARY LOVELACE O’NEAL. I saw this painting at the Art Institute & fell in love instantly. The emotions, movement, colors!! ::swoon:: 1/n
#Blackabstractartists #Blackhistorymonth
#Blackabstractartists #Blackhistorymonth
And finally some portraits of RICHARD MAYHEW because there’s an artist behind the art!
#blackabstractartists #blackhistorymonth
6/6
#blackabstractartists #blackhistorymonth
6/6
February 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
And finally some portraits of RICHARD MAYHEW because there’s an artist behind the art!
#blackabstractartists #blackhistorymonth
6/6
#blackabstractartists #blackhistorymonth
6/6
Finally, some portraits of MARY LOVELACE O’NEAL because there’s an artist behind the art! 7/7 #Blackabstractartists for #Blackhistorymonth
February 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Finally, some portraits of MARY LOVELACE O’NEAL because there’s an artist behind the art! 7/7 #Blackabstractartists for #Blackhistorymonth
ODILI DONALD ODITA is today’s entry in #Blackabstractartists for #Blackhistorymonth. His geometric abstractions are immediately captivating and draw you inexorably into his world of abstract painting. His use of color and form, challenging expectations at every turn, are masterful. 1/n
February 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
ODILI DONALD ODITA is today’s entry in #Blackabstractartists for #Blackhistorymonth. His geometric abstractions are immediately captivating and draw you inexorably into his world of abstract painting. His use of color and form, challenging expectations at every turn, are masterful. 1/n
That she started at 40 years old* and that her artwork is sometimes born of disorganization which allows her to slow down, sense what the quilt is saying are things about YVONNE WELLS’ art that resonate with me. 4/n
#Blackabstractartists #Blackhistorymonth
*she’s now 85
#Blackabstractartists #Blackhistorymonth
*she’s now 85
February 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
That she started at 40 years old* and that her artwork is sometimes born of disorganization which allows her to slow down, sense what the quilt is saying are things about YVONNE WELLS’ art that resonate with me. 4/n
#Blackabstractartists #Blackhistorymonth
*she’s now 85
#Blackabstractartists #Blackhistorymonth
*she’s now 85
HALE WOODRUFF was painting abstract works at same time as he taught at NYU. Many of his works during the 1950s gestured toward natural phenomena - as in ‘Gathering Storm (Blue Landscape)’ - by appealing to emotions evoked & invoked rather than realism
#blackabstractartists #blackhistorymonth
3/n
#blackabstractartists #blackhistorymonth
3/n
February 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
HALE WOODRUFF was painting abstract works at same time as he taught at NYU. Many of his works during the 1950s gestured toward natural phenomena - as in ‘Gathering Storm (Blue Landscape)’ - by appealing to emotions evoked & invoked rather than realism
#blackabstractartists #blackhistorymonth
3/n
#blackabstractartists #blackhistorymonth
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One of the reasons I do artists for #BlackHistoryMonth is that it constantly teaches me about artists I don’t know. Today that’s MELVIN EDWARDS. I’m shocked because I did #BlackAbstractArtists last year & he didn’t come up! These are from his Lynch Fragments series.
#BlackSculptors #BlackArtists
#BlackSculptors #BlackArtists
February 6, 2026 at 3:17 PM
One of the reasons I do artists for #BlackHistoryMonth is that it constantly teaches me about artists I don’t know. Today that’s MELVIN EDWARDS. I’m shocked because I did #BlackAbstractArtists last year & he didn’t come up! These are from his Lynch Fragments series.
#BlackSculptors #BlackArtists
#BlackSculptors #BlackArtists