Michael Rosenfeld Gallery in New York organized a monumental new show of portraits and abstract paintings by forgotten Black artist, Beauford Delaney. Delaney was a really fascinating man. He suffered and left behind a beautiful legacy. He’s America’s Vincent van Gogh. A real deal tragic hero artist. But unlike Pollock, or Van Gogh, Delaney doesn't have a real masterpiece to make him a well known name to younger generations.
Thaddaeus Ropac Paris presents a new showing of photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe. The black and white portraits of subjects like Patti Smith and Truman Capote is curated by French artist and photographer, Jean-Marc Bustamante.
Massimo De Carlo in Paris organized a show of new paintings by New York artist Nate Lowman.
Along with Dan Colen and Dash Snow, Lowman and friends were dubbed by NYMAG as “Warhol’s children”. The main painting on view, titled, “Frankenstein Vesuvio” is an homage to Warhol, who also painted the historic volcano.
Mnuchin Gallery brings together work by five radical Black American artists; Sam Gilliam, David Hammons, Suzanne Jackson, Al Loving, and Joe Overstreet. The paintings dating from the late sixties, explore what a painting can be. Painting can not only be a surface or subject, but as revealed in this show, an object that can pinned to the floor.
Location: Bronx, NY / Occupation: Author?Artist /Website: twitter.com/sundayfall / About me: Fall has written and designed three novels and eight poetry books.
