topic: painting

Artwork by Ermias Ekube
September 20, 2016
A seeing person reads two main things on the street, suggests Ermias Ekube : road signs and human faces. The former, he describes as some...
Signs and Directions 4
Art
Presence in Art and Activism
May 31, 2016
A critic recently suggested to Hollie Davis that if she continues to just make art “about black people,” she will “end up in the February...
Conversations
Seen For Syria: In conversation with Soulaf Abas and Alyssa Arney
February 9, 2016
Until 2012, Soulaf Abas painted mostly landscapes and insects. Her work is emotive, warm, impressionistic yet controlled. Her paintings...
Reviews
The Evils of Banality
October 24, 2014
Max Beckmann’s “Departure” (1932-1935), recently on display at the Neue Galerie exhibit “Degenerate Art: The Attack on Modern Art in Nazi...
retrospectives
Three Eritrean Painters
March 26, 2012
Featuring selected works by Michael Adonai, Ermias Ekube and Yegizaw Michael. Michael Adonai was born in 1962, in Asmara. He joined the...
retrospectives
Contemporary Painting from Zimbabwe
January 19, 2012
This slideshow is courtesy of Gallery Delta in Harare, Zimbabwe http://www.gallerydelta.com/ Image Guide: 1) Misheck Masamvu: 'When the...