HAVE YOU HEARD OF ADRIAN PIPER?Photo: Berlin, 2005, from Wikipedia Adrian Piper (b. 1948 in Bronx) is a conceptual artist, author, and philosopher. Her work addresses...
HAVE YOU HEARD OF FRED WILSON?Fred Wilson was born in the Bronx in 1954 to a Caribbean mother and an African American father. He describes himself as of "African,...
HAVE YOU HEARD OF BARKLEY L. HENDRICKS?Photo by Derek Anderson Barkley L. Hendricks (b. 1945 in Philadelphia) is a painter widely known for his stunning life-sized portraits of...
HAVE YOU HEARD OF KARA WALKER?Photo by Sari Goodfriend Kara Walker’s (b. 1969) debut occurred in 1994 with her mural “Gone, An Historical Romance of a Civil War as it...
HAVE YOU HEARD OF BETYE SAAR?Photo by Michele Mattei Betye Saar, age 89, a native to Los Angeles, is known for her multimedia collages, box assemblages, altars and...
HAVE YOU HEARD OF LORNA SIMPSON?Photo credit: Unknown If I could urge you to remember just one individual in my personally-curated list of 25 exceptional and iconic...
HAVE YOU HEARD OF FAITH RINGGOLD?Photo by Stefan Ruiz, The New York Times Faith Ringgold (born October 8, 1930) is a painter, writer, speaker, mixed media sculptor and...