In fact, the first African-American woman to have a solo show at the Whitney was the abstract painter Alma ... when I am thrown against a sharp white background.” Now, it’s fallen to younger ...

It makes sense then that while his work is a contemporary response to traditional African art, he isn’t looking to offer answers or explanations. Instead, Audu lets his abstract art speak for ...

Is it possible for an observer to easily identify your background in architecture ... for me as a black and African man trying to take over the abstract contemporary art scene is the fact that ...

The show and his work proved a breakthrough, demonstrating that African Americans could hold their own in the abstract genre at a time when they were under public pressure to produce figurative ...

Crucially, previous studies have found that chimps and other apes are the only non-human animals capable of making abstract logical ... this exclusive group: the African grey parrot.

I wanted to have a heroine that would be at the level of Medea, Antigona, or Phaedra but with an African background. Do you know that area of Senegal well? Yes, I’m really familiar with the area ...