Exhibition: “Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure” — Repeating Islands

[Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] “Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure” is an exhibition presented by the family of Jean-Michel Basquiat, opening on April 9, 2021, at Starrett Lehigh (601 West 26th Street) in New York. Sir David Adjaye OBE will lead the exhibition design for Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure. […]

‘Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure’ to display never-before-seen artworks in 2022 — Repeating Islands

[Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] Nahal Amouzadeh (All Arts) writes about the forthcoming exhibition “Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure.” [See previous post King Pleasure.] An exhibition of rare and never-before-seen artworks and artifacts from renowned artist Jean-Michel Basquiat is opening in New York City on April 9, 2022. “Jean-Michel […]

Exhibition: Jasmine Thomas-Girvan’s “Bathed in Sacred Fire” — Repeating Islands

Jasmine Thomas-Girvan’s first European solo exhibition, “Bathed in Sacred Fire,” just opened at Kunstinstituut Melly in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The show runs from October 1, 2021 to March 20, 2022. Holly Bynoe and Annalee Davis (Sour Grass curatorial agency) share details about the exhibition and their multi-year collaboration with Kunstinstituut Melly. Thomas-Girvan casts lyrical bronze […]

Cayo Guillermo, CUBA, 2020-2021 — Cloutier Art

I love waves, they are a pattern that keeps repeating even if it is never the same. And how is the painter supposed to create them? By folding the edge of an old tablecloth and give it the needed curve, or taking scissors and shaping undulations in a piece of cotton, or again, by bending […]

No Words: A Solo Exhibition by Kevin Adonis Browne — Repeating Islands

Curated by Marcha Pearce, “No Words” will be on view from April 26 to May 7, 2021, at THINKARTWORKTT (11 Cipriani Boulevard, Port of Spain, Trinidad). [Covid-19 public health protocols observed. Visitor capacity is limited, and face coverings are required. THINKARTWORKTT is open Mondays to Saturdays, 11:00am to 7:00pm. [For visits on Sunday: Send a message […]

Yanomami and Trees – Gold Mining and Gold Luxury items / COVID-19 propagated by Gold Miners « No – Pas de Cartier ! » – The Exhibition is prolonged now through next year until 4 December 2022 — Barbara Crane Navarro

Performance: Fire Sculpture, La Miroiterie, Paris, France – 2006: Barbara Crane Navarro « The Yanomami shamans who fight the xawara epidemic see the disease’s image appear in the form of strips of scarlet fabric. The xawara epidemic is approaching and its smoke is glowing red! It is making the sky become ghost and is devouring all the human beings in […]

The DEATH of NATURE – for Gold and Diamond Merchandise – The ART of Greenwashing by the Luxury Merchants of the Death of Nature and Indigenous Peoples…in their own words… updated 2021 — Barbara Crane Navarro

Photo montage:  « Pas de Cartier » series – Barbara Crane Navarro – with advertisement for Cartier, photo of gold mining site in indigenous territory by João Laet and Cartier® LOVE gold ring In Thomas More’s « Utopia, » published in 1516, gold and precious stones have no value. Indeed, they carry the weight of blood, slavery and human […]

Through Totemic Sculptures and Sound Art, Guadalupe Maravilla Explores the Therapeutic Power of Indigenous Ritual — msamba

In 1984, eight-year-old Guadalupe Maravilla left his family and joined a group of other children fleeing their homes in El Salvador. The Central American country was in the midst of a brutal civil war, a profoundly traumatic experience that’s left an indelible impact on the artist and one that guides his broad, multi-disciplinary practice to […]

Yanomami et Arbres – Mines d’Or et objets de luxe en Or / COVID-19 propagé par les Orpailleurs – «Pas de Cartier !» – L’exposition est prolongée pendant l’année prochaine jusqu’au 4 décembre 2022 — Barbara Crane Navarro

Performance : Sculpture de feu, La Miroiterie, Paris, France – 2006 : Barbara Crane Navarro « Les chamans Yanomami qui combattent l’épidémie de xawara voient l’image de la maladie apparaître sous la forme de bandes de tissu écarlate. L’épidémie de xawara approche et sa fumée est rougeoyante! Elle fait du ciel un fantôme et dévore tous […]

La MORT de la NATURE – pour la Marchandise d’Or et de Diamant – L’Art du Greenwashing par les marchands de luxe et de la mort de la nature et des peuples indigènes … dans leurs propres mots …actualisé 2021 — Barbara Crane Navarro

Montage photo : Série “Pas de Cartier” – Barbara Crane Navarro – avec publicité pour Cartier, photo d’un site d’extraction d’or en territoire indigène par João Laet et bague en or Cartier® LOVE Dans “Utopia” de Thomas More, publié en 1516, l’or et les pierres précieuses n’ont aucune valeur. En effet, ils ont le poids […]