Fine Art from Across the African Diaspora

Paintings and mixed media from across the African Diaspora

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#wetpaint (and story time) Imagine getting invited to be in a dope group show in #LA and when you arrive you learn that the painting you shipped was lost in transit!!! Fortunately the shippers located it and rerouted it but I was informed the night before the show that it would not be delivered in time for the exhibit opening. But you know… I been doing this too long to come up short. So I woke up early the next morning, found the closest art supply store, copped a few supplies and materia...

a drawing of a woman sitting in a chair with a birdcage on her head

Contemporary Art Gallery

Myth, Hip-Hop And Sci-Fi Unite

robert pruitt

It’s Friday and that means a new Goddess Project challenge in my sketchbook. Reference is from @museumbysktchy FOLLOW LINK IN BIO TO LEARN MORE. #sktchy #sketchbook #artchallenge #mixedmediaart #portraitpainting

an oil painting of two people sitting on a bench next to each other with a dog in the background

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"A Bond Unspoken" Mixed media on canvas 3ft x 4ft 2024 Artist: Adetula Michael Abiodun @michael_adetula #adetulaabiodun

a painting of a man sitting on top of a woman

𝗕 𝗘 𝗟 𝗜 𝗘 𝗩 𝗘 𝗔 𝗨 𝗡 𝗧 𝗜 𝗘 c2024 acrylic on canvas | 54 x 48 in | 137 x 122 cm The thing about truth, whether you want to believe or accept it, it is what it is. 🤷🏿‍♂️ T̶h̶e̶y̶ 𝗪𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗗𝗡'𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗭𝗘 𝗪𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗘𝗗𝗦 Sept 14 - Nov 2, 2024 | @backslashgallery #wedidntrealizewewereseeds #fahamupecou #fahamupecouistheshit #worldwideheknownforthat

two black women with afro hair sitting next to each other in front of a yellow background

S I S T A S O L D I E R S c.2023 acrylic on canvas Women’s History Month may be coming to a close, but never could a woman’s work be neatly packaged or fit squarely into a 31-day package. Everyday is Women’s History… grateful to sit at the feet of QUEENS 🙏🏿 (For details/purchase inquiries about this work contact @studiokawo ) #fahamupecou #fahamupecouistheshit #worldwideheknownforthat

a painting of a man with bells on his head and two strings attached to his waist

I C A R U S c.2017 What if the story of Icarus wasn't a lament? What if it wasn’t a cautionary tale? What if the story of Icarus you’ve been told wasn't the full story? It's a tale that has always fascinated me. In many ways the iconic story of a boy, trapped alongside his brilliant father by a system hell-bent on depriving them of their humanity and freedom, feels oddly relatable. Themes of flight and transcendence have been a recurring motif for me over the years, primarily because of th...

People’s Instinctive Travels explores one of the ways that Black possibility is performed beyond the social and psychological frames imposed by Western dogma. Our music has long challenged and defied belief. The vibrations and syncopations of Black music bend time and space, literally and figuratively. It also bends and transgresses laws and personal precepts. For example, when Jim Crow laws separated Black and white, it was really Black music that tore down the walls of segregation. Peop... Jim Crow Laws, Hip Hop Lyrics, Jim Crow, Cowrie Shells, Rosa Parks, Black Music, Time And Space, Male Figure

People’s Instinctive Travels explores one of the ways that Black possibility is performed beyond the social and psychological frames imposed by Western dogma. Our music has long challenged and defied belief. The vibrations and syncopations of Black music bend time and space, literally and figuratively. It also bends and transgresses laws and personal precepts. For example, when Jim Crow laws separated Black and white, it was really Black music that tore down the walls of segregation. Peop...