Lynette Yiadom-Boakye-Artist

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye is a Ghanian born, London bred artist with a penchant for portrait art. The heavy rotation of art dealing with people of African descent has propelled this young artist to new heights. Having solo exhibits around the round, Ms. Yiadom-Boakye's work has come to the Studio Museum in Harlem. On view from November 11,2010-March 13,2010, Any Number of Preoccupation will feature works created between 2003-when the artist completed her postgraduate work at the Royal Academy Schools and 2010. The total works are twenty-four of fictional portraits in oils on canvas. Enjoy the exhibit and tell me what you think?

Kalup Linzy and Shaun Leonardo--Artists

The artists Kalup Linzy (look at an older post of his work at the Studio Museum in Harlem on my blog) and Shaun Leonardo are tearing up the art scene around the world. Shaun has appeared in numerous installation videos of Mr. Linzy for many years. Their collaboration of the song by Hunter and Jenkins which was banned from the radio in the 1930's is cleverly played out by these two incredible artists. The name of the song is called, "Lollypop". Watch the video and comment. I think we seriously need to revive this musical genre for our present day audience.

Kalup Linzy-Artist

Kalup Linzy's video work is both stunning and hilarious. His artistry contents everyday situations in a soap opera format. He tends to play most of the characters and reconfigures the voices to suit his endeavor. His exhibit is on display at the Studio Museum in Harlem. Go check it out...no doubt you'll be laughing the entire time.