Thrilled to have Steph to join me supporting one of my faves
@petieparker and
@zucotgallery , partly with the promise of work by our faves
@shanequagay_ and
@studiogracekisa 1) & 2) Snuck up on Stephanie studying Kareem’s Denim Skye series
3) Flowers in this hurricane
@superkay.art @p_hollywood @kieta_rose &
@panektimes 4) & 5) A lighting change shows many of the colors that @petieparker masterly and magically uses to create his blacks/Blacks. “At Ease”, a young girl general as a calm flower in a hurricane
6) We 💙 @studiogracekisa ‘s abstracts as much as her other work
7) A not new but new to us @shanequagay_ piece from her “Plating” series
8) & 9) Have admired
@h_period_i_period ‘s work at pervious Zucot shows. Found Steph talking with him. My love is so used to welcoming Black spaces, she doesn’t even notice when we the only People Of No Color in the room. (Missed you
@ctfatlanta and
@billystonecipher 😆.)
10) & 11) “Song for a Dark Girl” by the ever-youthful
@aaronfhenderson & the Langston Hughes poem that partly influenced it
12) & 13) Our city is home to so many extremely talented Black artists, I’ve slept on the gems created by Steve Prince AKA
@onefishstudio .
14)
@aaconteh always stands tall
15) See “STAND” next Saturday, noon to 5pm, or by appointment
16) HAD TO include a throwback to Zucot’s last show, masterfully curated by
@iambritsade i adore @kieta_rose ‘s rock-solid series monumentalizing her family in the aspect of the Greek sculptures Why Tea Art Culture insists on putting on pedestals. Reminds me of lines of primarily Black folks standing in line to see “GIANTS” at the
@highmuseumofart —having to stand amongst all those pale, stone cold sculptures of Europeans. In my alternate universe , the High covered the sculptures in black velvet for the show 🤣
Went back to shooting with just the iphone