There is a Reading Room set up at Gallery Kayafas as part of my exhibition there called Family Pictures. These are the texts I included: Going to Meet the Man (stories) by James Baldwin Without Sanctuary Lynching Photography in America by James Allen, essays by Hilton Als, John Lewis, Leon F. Litwack, and James Allen Lynching… (read more)
I received a lot of feedback in response to “I Fit the Description…” Some of the emails and comments were down right hateful, so much so that I shut down comments on my blog and I stopped reading the emails. When I finally went back to them, I found a couple from a Girl Scout Troop leader… (read more)
There is no safe place for black people in America. Black people do not have the presumption of innocence. The law is not organized for their protection, rather it is organized around their annihilation. There are highly funded media outlets and personalities that perpetuate racist stereotypes and hate speech against black people. When black people… (read more)
I sent this to my US Senators today after hearing about the DC Circuit court ruling reinstating abortion clinic trap laws in Texas and “stop and frisk” policies in New York Dear Senators Warren and Markey: I am sick to my soul at the news that two pieces of vile, oppressive legislation from Texas and… (read more)
I sent this message to all of the menswear designers who have their clothing at Riccardi, Boston. Dear Madam/Sir: I am an artist who lives and works in Boston. Recently, I opened a solo exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston titled there is no one left to blame. It has been very well received… (read more)
Unless you are in a convention hall somewhere in Miami, you’ve probably heard about the Open Letter/Petition to the NYTimes regarding the articles of one Ken Johnson who writes for the NYTimes. Here are some links to the articles that caused the contention: Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles and The Female Gaze:… (read more)
This post is in response to Ken Johnson’s 25 October review of ‘Now Dig This! Art & Black Los Angeles,’ at MoMA PS1 It was sent via email as a letter to the editor of the New York Times on 27 October 2012. Dear Madam/Sir: I am an artist who lives and works in Boston,… (read more)
Well, it has been a very interesting couple of days. My friend Tom runs a blog called The Good Men Project. He was putting together a edition of the blog on race. And he asked me to contribute. I should say that Tom and I have been friends for well over a decade. I’ve held… (read more)