To commemorate the rumor that Victor LaValle is about to drop a new one very soon. City Lights runs my review of their staff-pick… “Yes, there are monsters out there, and what’s an AfroSurrealist supposed to do?” Good question. Read and find out!

To commemorate the rumor that Victor LaValle is about to drop a new one very soon. City Lights runs my review of their staff-pick…

“Yes, there are monsters out there, and what’s an AfroSurrealist supposed to do?”

Good question. Read and find out!


Human Cost, Tate Britain Performance (87 minutes), charcoal and sunflower oil 20 April 2011 — First anniversary of the Gulf of Mexico disaster.

On the same day, 166 people who work in the arts published a letter in the Guardian calling on Tate to end its sponsorship relationship with BP. “In the year since its catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, BP has massively ramped up its investment in controversial tar sands extraction in Canada, has been shown to have been a key backer of the Mubarak regime in Egypt, and has attempted to commence drilling for oil in the Arctic Ocean. While BP continues to jeopardise ecosystems communities and the climate by the reckless pursuit of “frontier” oil, cultural institutions like Tate damage their reputation by continuing to be associated with such a destructive corporation.

The massive cuts to public arts funding in the UK have left hundreds of culturally important arts organisations in a position of great financial vulnerability, which means that the debate about the appropriateness of particular potential corporate sponsors like BP and Shell is more relevant than ever. As people working in the arts, we believe that corporate sponsorship does not exist in an ethical vacuum. In light of the negative social and ecological impacts of BP around the world, we urge Tate to demonstrate its commitment to a sustainable future by ending its sponsorship relationship with BP.”

Email : liberatetate@gmail.com

http://www.liberatetate.org ‘End oil sponsorship of the arts’ on Facebook @liberatetate on twitter

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A naked member of the activist group Liberate Tate lies on the floor of Tate’s classical sculpture exhibit room drenched in an oil-like substance to protest Tate’s ongoing partnership with BP. The protest, which took place yesterday to mark the one-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion, lasted 87 minutes — one for every day oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico Afro-Surreal is drifting into contemporary culture on a rowboat with no oars, entering the city to hunt down clues for the cure to this ancient, incurable disease called “western civilization.”
A naked member of the activist group Liberate Tate lies on the floor of Tate’s classical sculpture exhibit room drenched in an oil-like substance to protest Tate’s ongoing partnership with BP.

The protest, which took place yesterday to mark the one-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion, lasted 87 minutes — one for every day oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico


Afro-Surreal is drifting into contemporary culture on a rowboat with no oars, entering the city to hunt down clues for the cure to this ancient, incurable disease called “western civilization.”

poemajones: afrosurrealsanfrancisco: Joshua Esmanuel-David Slater “L’Autre-chienne”, 2012 Marie Antoinette character of myth. — with Alexandria Eregbu. “An Afro-Surreal aesthetic addresses these lost legacies and reclaims the souls of our cities, from Kehinde Wiley painting the invisible men (and their invisible motives) in NYC to Yinka Shonibare beheading 17th (and 21st) century sexual tourists of Europe. From Nick Cave’s soundsuits to the words you are reading right now, the message is clear: The world is ready for an Afro-Surreal art movement.” Afro-Surreal art movement? Hell yea!!!! I think I might have found my thesis topic….

poemajones:

afrosurrealsanfrancisco:

Joshua Esmanuel-David Slater

“L’Autre-chienne”, 2012

Marie Antoinette character of myth.

— with Alexandria Eregbu.

“An Afro-Surreal aesthetic addresses these lost legacies and reclaims the souls of our cities, from Kehinde Wiley painting the invisible men (and their invisible motives) in NYC to Yinka Shonibare beheading 17th (and 21st) century sexual tourists of Europe. From Nick Cave’s soundsuits to the words you are reading right now, the message is clear: The world is ready for an Afro-Surreal art movement.”

Afro-Surreal art movement? Hell yea!!!! I think I might have found my thesis topic….

(via generationnextlifetime)

poemajones: afrosurrealsanfrancisco: Joshua Esmanuel-David Slater “L’Autre-chienne”, 2012 Marie Antoinette character of myth. — with Alexandria Eregbu. “An Afro-Surreal aesthetic addresses these lost legacies and reclaims the souls of our cities, from Kehinde Wiley painting the invisible men (and their invisible motives) in NYC to Yinka Shonibare beheading 17th (and 21st) century sexual tourists of Europe. From Nick Cave’s soundsuits to the words you are reading right now, the message is clear: The world is ready for an Afro-Surreal art movement.” oh I lovee lovee this and the AFro surreal manifesto.. you have to read it.. 

poemajones:

afrosurrealsanfrancisco:

Joshua Esmanuel-David Slater

“L’Autre-chienne”, 2012

Marie Antoinette character of myth.

— with Alexandria Eregbu.

“An Afro-Surreal aesthetic addresses these lost legacies and reclaims the souls of our cities, from Kehinde Wiley painting the invisible men (and their invisible motives) in NYC to Yinka Shonibare beheading 17th (and 21st) century sexual tourists of Europe. From Nick Cave’s soundsuits to the words you are reading right now, the message is clear: The world is ready for an Afro-Surreal art movement.”

oh I lovee lovee this and the AFro surreal manifesto.. you have to read it.. 

(Forever Free) 4 Little Girls Artist: Michael Ray Charles

(Forever Free) 4 Little Girls Artist: Michael Ray Charles

Betye Saar, The liberation of Aunt Jemima, 1972

Betye Saar, The liberation of Aunt Jemima, 1972

Michael Ray Charles

Michael Ray Charles