#powerfigures

Beautiful nail art by @alexispeskine from his POWER FIGURES series. See more of his work at the @haitianheritagemuseum this week at Art Basel 🙌🏾 . . #supportblackart #alexispeskine #powerfigures #nailart #haitian #art #beauty #blackisbeautiful #paris #africa #blackart #diaspora #blackartist #haitianartist #artbasel #blackandbasel #artsy #artworld #nails #artlovers #artisttofollow #artisttowatch

Today join me on @octobergallery at 7:30 pm Paris time🇫🇷, I’ll be live with fab’ curator Dee Haughney @deehaugh to talk about my artwork, life and travels. Right after we’ll be vibing with dope London-based DJ- Jamie Rodigan @jamierodigan 🇬🇧 and my own incredible musician, artist, filmmaker & DJ Gygy 🇫🇷 🇧🇷 @gystere Rejoignez moi à 19h30 sur l’Instagram d’ @octobergallery en compagnie de la super curatrice Dee Haughney @deehaugh pour parler de mon art, ma vie, mes voyages. On continuera la soirée avec DJ Jamie Rodigan 🇬🇧 et mon frère DJ Gygy 🇫🇷🇧🇷 🎥 Adrien @gystere Peskine Editing Adu Lalouschek @adu.lalou #art #octobergallery #powerfigures #blackartists #blackartist #blackartmatters #afropean #afrofrench #blackfrance #blackfathers #blackness #blackfathersmatter #blackityblack #howarduniversity #howarduniversityalumni #travel #france🇫🇷 #brasil🇧🇷 #russia #senegal #africa #africandiasporaart #africandiaspora #grateful #livingmybestlife #theuniversehasyourback #theuniverse #positivevibes #positivity (à Ville d'Issy-les-Moulineaux) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_XT58CI0lX/?igshid=2xakbqxywhnd

Just saying... @idrisselba @154artfair @somersethouse #art #turfu #154artfair #powerfigures #blackityblessed #blackityblack #idrisselba #actors #blackactors #uk #blackexcellence #blackness #africa #contemporaryart #helloladies https://www.instagram.com/p/BorYwgUhkCv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vodwjc4v79pa

Los Angeles !!! Today at 11am I’ll be talking about my work in relation to racial dynamics in France 🇫🇷 Panel “Blackness in 21st-century France"- UCLA Friday 30 at 11:15am in Haines Hall (Room A20). http:/www.studiousapp.com/ucla/places/1012 Thanks to Mame Fatou Niang & @ucla #art #france #blackness #powerfigures

Down with tha King. Thanks to incredible photographer @alionaadrianova for her artist portrait book. Each artist was asked for her/his definition of beauty. Here is mine. "Beauty illuminates your soul and fulfills it through the window of your eyes. Once something beautiful enters your soul, it never really leaves your memory" Hair by the talentuosa @murielle.kabile_hair_couture_ #photography #talent #africandiaspora #art #cowryshells #blackness #blackhairstyles #france #brasil #powerfigures #power #blackpower #moongold #braids #habesha #fulanibraids #fulani

At the Tate Gallery in @london to see the last weekend of Soul of a Nation that coincides with the last weekend of my show POWER FIGURES @octobergallery . London, it's been beautiful! Thanks for the reception. Thanks for the love @154artfair also two weeks ago. It was my first solo show in this electric city, and it's the beginning of a new era for my work! Thanks to everyone who contributed to this! Everybody @octobergallery , all my assistants and friends, @zakove for introducing me, to all the people whose powerfully beautiful features graced the spirit of my works, and to my family for their support and patience. #blessed #blackness #art #love #powerfigures #londontown #octobergallery #brasil #ancestors #africa #africandiaspora #france @lesarchesdissy @villedissy #TheUniverse #howarduniversity #themecca #peace

Great photo @clivehol of the talk for my show POWER FIGURES @octobergallery last Saturday. We had a full house and I am grateful to have been able to share what moves me to create visual poetry whispered by our ancestors. Hair @murielle.kabile_hair_couture_ #powerfigures #africa #blackness #ancestors #brasil #afropean #identity #Orixas #Orishas #freedom #grateful #beauty #art #fashion #hairstyles #blackhair #coweryshells #middlepassage #middlepassageremembrance #howarduniversity #themecca @howardalumni @howard1867 #london

Congolese Minkisi 'Power Figures' influence and provide a title to these graphic, imposing portraits by Alexis Peskine, currently dominating the space at October Gallery. His background in graphic design, photography and film (also exhibited) is apparent in the technique and chiaroscuro of the pieces. They are created with nails forming the contours and three-dimensional effect. Nail heads are of varying sizes to mould the facial geography of the subject - and gilded to contradict the nature of the material. The power extends to the underlying symbolism of nails and what they represent as well as their usual banality, while the gold elevates the subjects; image, dark skin tones and expressions to iconography. Halos of light emphasise the contrast with the silhouettes on the wooden planks stained in coffee and earth. The space has assumed a semi-religiosity, yet secular dynamic. #alexispeskine #powerfigures #octobergallery #blackexperience #africandiaspora #minkisi #congo #transcendence #black&whitephotography #graphic (at October Gallery)