Glimpses

Alma Thomas, Wind, Sunshine and Flowers, 1968

Glimpses

Sargent Claude Johnson, Untitled (Standing Woman), ca. 1933-1935.

Glimpses

William Edmondson, Angel

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Bob Thompson, The Judgment, 1963.  Apologies for extreme lo fi.

Glimpses

Skylar Fein, Black Lincoln for Dooky Shade, 2010.

Glimpses

Eldzier Cortor, Southern Landscape, ca. 1939-40.

In Case You Weren't Looking

We're working the same tip 80 years later.  Identity is a tricky category.

Glimpses

The conjunction of spiritual and blues from the turn of the century.

• Christ and His Disciples on the Sea of Galilee, Henry Ossawa Tanner (ca. 1910).

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King Kong ain't got nothing on me.

• Michael Richards, Tar Baby vs. St. Sebastian (1999).

Glimpses (3/3 -- Vanishing Point Exercise)

Glimpses (2/3 -- closeup)

Glimpses (1/3)

• Martha Jackson-Jarvis, Crossroads/Trickster (2005).

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Sam Gilliam, Last September IV (1973).

Glimpses (apologies for low fi)

• José Nedoa, San Lazaro (O Yo Soy La Ruta) (1992).

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Amusements

We find Kanye's site more convincing than we thought it might be, and then we are not surprised, except at ourselves for doubting.

Nevertheless, we must also shout out the brilliant Kahinde Wiley's name @ the same time. Any resemblance is what it is, here:

Unasked for Pedagogical Advice

Please note what haters really look like. And 'though this image is not my property, I hope it is widely shared in upcoming days.

Please note happy little quarternotes on the word hip hop.

Blue Whereabouts