How Plywood From Last Year’s Protests Became Art.
During the George Floyd marches last year, businesses boarded up. This year, hundreds of those boards will be displayed in exhibitions in Minneapolis, New York and Chicago…
Addressing diasporic African people who are often underrepresented in public art, Brooklyn-based artist Tanda Francis explores digital and traditional forms of art while working and exhibiting her works internationally locally, recently in Fort Greene Park. Her bold, large-scale, public art, features a mix of figurative and biomorphic forms and has been stylistically compared to the Iife-sculpture of 13th century Benin.
MINUTE MADE VIDEO "There's so much going on, as far as emotion, as far as telling a story, just by showing the face of a person. This piece is a large-scale head that is actually sipping water, but most of the emotional center is in the eyes; in the portraiture." @tandafrancis
COMPLEX LIVE interview starts at 13:45 but honored to be in an broadcast with artist such as #calle13 - @residente and @chancetherapper so watch it all!
NEW YORK 1 Local Artist Plans to Place Six-Foot 'Biggie' Bust in Clinton Hill to Honor Notorious B.I.G.
(Inside) Cover image for The Art Students League of New York 2015-2016
VICE VERSE Solo Show
VICE VERSE is a body of work comprised of drawing and sculpture which reflect this vice-like discord...
(Inside) Cover image for The Art Students League of New York 2015-2016