2019 June Archive | Lita Barrie

Monthly Archives: June 2019

12Jun

Interview: Christina Quarles and the Aesthetics of Ambiguity

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Riot Material June 12, 2019. Interview with Christina Quarles about the Aesthetics of Ambiguity. Christina Quarles is at the forefront of a generation of millenial artists who are making ambiguity the aesthetic of our time. Few artists can incorporate as many painting styles as fluidly as Quarles does because few artists have the chops to...

05Jun

Deborah Roberts Explores The Fragility of Black Masculinity in Native Sons

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Riot Material June 5, 2019. Deborah Roberts’ impassioned exhibition memorializes Black boys who lost their lives from the social injustices of false accusations for murders they did not commit. This solemn exhibition is predicated on African American literature and takes its title from James Baldwin’s non fiction esssay, ” Many Thousand Gone” ( Notes of...