#daviddriskell

🎨#ArtIsAWeapon Image: #DavidDriskell at his studio, 2010. Photo: Jack Montgomery Reposted from @studiomuseum "I wanted to bring these patterns of exclusion, segregation and racism to the attention of the art public. I did it to a certain extent, so people would know that this is not a level playing field and that somebody has to point this out and have the courage to show why it should be done my way; not necessarily perpetuating the notion that it will always be segregated, it will always be separated, but the fact that it needed to be recorded; it needed to be in the compendium—since if it is not there—as far as I am concerned, it doesn't exist if it is not in the compendium." — David Driskell David C. Driskell was a prolific art historian, curator, artist, and institution builder foundational to the redefining of the art historical canon and the life of Black art. A scholar and practitioner, Dr. Driskell was committed to championing the work of artists of African descent across disciplines—serving as an ongoing inspiration to the museum community and to the global art world at large. Today, we honor Dr. Driskell's legacy and celebrate his retrospective, "David Driskell: Icons of Nature and History", at the Portland Museum of Art (@portlandmuseum). This weekend is the final opportunity to see the show before it closes on Sunday, September 12, 2021. — #DavidCDriskell #Artist #ArtHistorian #Curator #BlackArtists #ArtScholar #BlackBrilliance #BlackGirlArtGeeks https://www.instagram.com/p/CTqXsuTA3Px/?utm_medium=tumblr

Current #book #inspiration picked up from @highmuseumofart #daviddriskell #iconsandnature #3pieceurbanartisan https://www.instagram.com/p/CPEDLQxhlQs/?utm_medium=tumblr

Current #art #inspiration #daviddriskell as seen at the #highmusuemofartatlanta #theherbalist https://www.instagram.com/p/COqrJN3BtiV/?igshid=1sa46hvqfk13u

If you don't know #daviddriskell please treat your eyes and ears to watch #blackart #absenceoflight on #hbo True unsung #artpioneer This is one of his pieces. You can see the #bearden influence Another great loss of 2020. #swipeleft⬅️ https://www.instagram.com/p/CLVgr8fJoqn/?igshid=1oljwbrxv4z0

I was very saddened to read this weekend of the passing of David C. Driskell, a giant in the world of art, from complications of COVID-19. I photographed Dr. Driskell (he had an MFA, but also 9 Honorary Doctoral degrees) and his sweet wife Thelma at their beautiful victorian home in Hyattsville, MD, back in 2007. I was there to photograph the historic house and his incredible art collection (spanning from Rembrandts to his own modern-day masterpieces), but also took this portrait of the couple on their porch. Such a kind and talented man who I memorably encountered many times over the years, and such a huge loss. Learn more about David Driskell from this article in ARTnews, "How David C. Driskell Shaped the Story of Black Art in America," here: https://tinyurl.com/vbfp8u6. His obit in the Washington Post, here: https://tinyurl.com/saxpz67. #RIP #DavidCDriskell #DavidDriskell (at Hyattsville, Maryland) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-pkf1-BjvE/?igshid=1qgmo1tg1905y

#RIP #daviddriskell He was an advocate for African-American art. https://www.instagram.com/p/B-knbu5gB0l/?igshid=aguco3wx5xbe

Wadsworth A. Jarrell (American, born 1929). Revolutionary (Angela Davis), 1971. Acrylic and mixed media on canvas. #BrooklynMuseum, Gift of R. M. Atwater, Anna Wolfrom Dove, Alice Fiebiger, Joseph Fiebiger, Belle Campbell Harris, and Emma L. Hyde, by exchange, Designated Purchase Fund, Mary Smith Dorward Fund, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, and Carll H. de Silver Fund, 2012.80.18. © Wadsworth A. Jarrell. 

For our final feature for Black History month, we honor David Driskell (b. 1931), an internationally recognized scholar of African American art. He studied at Howard University in 1955 and received an M.F.A. from the Catholic University of America in 1962. He is also the recipient of nine Honorary Doctoral degrees and was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Clinton in 2000. . . As an artist, Driskell works primarily in collage and mixed media, but he is also known for printmaking. Much of his work is stylized; he uses geometric forms and vibrant colors and patterns, often collapsing the space of the canvas into a flat plane. His mixed media works often combine paint and paper collage elements, however a few of his early works incorporate three dimensional found objects. . . Over the course of his career, Driskell has taught at several colleges and universities, including Howard University and Obafemi Awolowo University in lle-lfe, Nigeria. He served as the Chairperson of the Department of Art at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) for five years and earned the distinction of Distinguished University Professor of Art in 1995. In 2001, UMD founded the David C. Driskell Center for the Study of Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora to honor his legacy as an artist, art historian, collector, curator, and philanthropist. . . David Driskell, "Growing Plant" n.d. Oil on canvas. Donated by Leonard Bocour to the SMCM Fine Art Collection. Currently hanging in the office of St. Mary's College of Maryland President Tuajuanda Jordan. . . #blackhistorymonth #daviddriskell #oiloncanvas #SMCMfineart #SMCM #collections #nationalhumanitiesmedal #driskellcenter (at St Marys College Of Maryland)