#ayanavjackson

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📷#ArtIsAWeapon

BLACK VENUS, curated by Aindrea Emelife (@aindreaemelife), "an exhibition that surveys the legacy of Black women in visual culture – from fetishized, colonial-era caricatures, to the present-day reclamation of the rich complexity of Black womanhood by 17 artists (of numerous nationalities and with birth years spanning 1942 to 1997)" is on view at @fotografiska.newyork, 281 Park Ave South #NYC, through August 21, 2022.

Reposted from @fotografiska.newyork

"This exhibition is a celebration of Black beauty, an investigation into the many faces of Black femininity and the shaping of Black women in the public conscious – then and now.

Featured artists include:

Sadie Barnette (@sadiebarnette)

Widline Cadet (@widline_)

Shawanda Corbett

Renee Cox (@reneecoxstudio)

Ayana V. Jackson (@ayanavjackson)

Deana Lawson

Zanele Muholi (@muholizanele)

Jenn Nkiru (@jennnkiru)

Amber Pinkerton (@ambercashmere)

Tabita Rezaire

Coreen Simpson (@coreensimpson)

Ming Smith (@mingsmithphoto)

Maud Sulter

Kara Walker (@kara_walker_official)

Carrie Mae Weems (@carriemaeweems)

Alberta Whittle (@purebred.mongrel)

Carla Williams"

#BlackVenus #Photography #PhotographyExhibit #BlackWomen #BlackGirlArtGeeks #BlackBeauty #BlackWomenPhotographers

[tuckercontemporaryart]

Who’s Riffing Who? The Phillips Collection’s current exhibition is titled “Riffs and Relations: African American Artists and the European Modernist Tradition” Some of your remember Aretha Franklin’s song “Who's Zoomin Who?” It’s about scoping or checking out another person, unaware that they are also being analyzed. My take on the Phillips exhibition and what the title infers is this: Central to the exhibition’s presentation and catalog should be the fact that European modernists, like Picasso, created art movements, like Cubism, that were informed by African sculptures exhibited and collected by museums. So, it seems to me, that as opposed to African American artists “riffing” on European modernists, it should be stated that they are actually reinterpreting a “tradition” that is informed by the creativity of their African ancestors. What the museum says: The show organized by guest curator Dr. Adrienne Childs, “presents works by African American artists of the 20th and 21st centuries together with examples by the early 20th-century European artists with whom they engaged. “European modernist art has been an important, yet complicated influence on black artists for more than a century. The powerful push and pull of this relationship constitutes a distinct tradition for many African American artists who have mined the narratives of art history, whether to find inspiration, mount a critique, or claim their own space. ‘Riffs and Relations’ examines these cross-cultural conversations and presents the divergent works that reflect these complex dialogues.” Again, Who’s Riffing Who? Please share your thoughts. #africandiaspora #africanart #modernists #modernart #phillipscollection #complexdialogues #arthistory #tradition #faithringgold #mequittaahuja #janettaylorpickett #hankeillisthimas #ayanavjackson #tuckercontemporaryart (at The Phillips Collection) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-4hNihFxg_/?igshid=xgxv53yol3ae

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COME THROUGH

[pedrofino]

Professional Futures - Online tools for promotion - 16/10/2020

Online professional presence, promotion and network

Tip: Instagram is not a website - don’t have everything there

In this lecture we discussed how to take advantage of social media to promote our work and portfolios, using it to network and find work.

Use it as a way to attract people to get interested in your work and visit your website

It is just a platform to be seen, to see and engage with other creatives

it is not a portfolio, always look to spread your work further

great promotional tool

feature work

update audience

don’t be shy, be confident and have fun

at the end of the day, what is the image you want to give on your instagram?

Tips for Instagram as a creative:

Use a real camera/don’t use a real camera

Do not over filter

Tell a story with each photo

Do not treat it like a portfolio, it is more like a business card

Hashtags, only relevant ones

Show the making of

Test your post timing

Engage with your followers

Have fun

Good examples of creatives’ Instagrams

@ littlebrownmushroom

@ cindysherman

@ juliecockburnartist

@ mkapajeva

@ noemiegoudal

@ ayanavjackson

@ li0nsmane

[afrobougee]

#Madonnaandchild - Religious symbolism to drive messages home . - @darealclickclak | with @ayanavjackson | . - @darealclickclak | #afrobougee #creative #photographer #artdirection #becreative #southafrica #documentingpeople #insidestories #travel #photojournalism #everydayafrica

[crefovi]

@ayanavjackson @baudoin_lebon the becoming subject @parisphotofair #paris (at Grand Palais - RMN (Officiel)) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqC6e8DHxFs/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1jltioonoa6rx

[llemaoana]

@afronovagallery @marysibande @ayanavjackson @ralesai it’s late, we could do with some sleep, sometime, somehow and somewhere

[youngglobal]

Yes@maisonlafleur! #lafleurformayor #ingridlafleur #stayinspired #womeninmyworld 📸 @ayanavjackson #Detroit

[meettheartist-sa]

Work by @ayanavjackson part of the #tokillorallowtolive series @gallery_momo #wecreatives #meettheartist (at Meet The Artist)

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About The Founders:

Born in Soweto in 1991. Lives and works in Johannesburg.

Phumzile Khanyile is a Market Photo Workshop graduate. She is the recipient of the 2015 Gisèle Wulfsohn Mentorship in Photography, and This afforded the young artist the opportunity to produce a body of work under the guidance of renowned photographer Ayana V. Jackson. She recently has been awarded the 2018 CAP Prize.

Since her recent debut exhibition at the Market Photo Workshop in 2017, Khanyile’s has been extensively featured in the press, The Financial Times, Aperture, The British Journal of Photography, Elephant, Art Africa Magazine… and has also been part of several exhibitions including AFROTOPIA, at the African Photography Encounters in Bamako and at the Africa Museum in Bergen Dal, Not the Usual Suspects, at Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, Evora Africa, African Passions, at Palacio Cadaval in Evora… Her work features already in local and international collections, in Europe and the US.

Nkosinathi Khumalo is a South African born photographer from Soweto, Gauteng. He completed his Advanced Programme in Photography at the Market Photo Workshop in 2015.

Nkosi uses the relation between the photographic process and the resulting image to speak about the contemporary landscape of South Africa. His work speaks about migration, black industry and displacement of the Africa.

In late 2014, he was the first-prizewinner of the ‘Transformation Art Project’ hosted by Mashumi Arts Projects, together with German Engineering Company based in South African called Reinhausen SA, which funded the competition.

He has also been featured in various group exhibitions such as, the June 16 VIP Youth Fest exhibition (2015) hosted by Live Mag curated by Kalashnikovv Gallery, the New Voices IV (2015) at Loizamore And Associates and the Sa Taxi Foundation Art Award Exhibition.

In late 2015 he was commissioned by world-renowned Italian crane company Fassi Group for their 2016 calendar. Just last year he was one of the top 6 finalists for the SA Taxi Foundation Awards (2016) showcased at Lizamore and Associates gallery. His latest exhibition titled: “What Does It Mean?” (2016), was a duo-exhibition showcased at Goethe On Main which was a project space by the Goethe Institute Johannesburg. In 2017 Nkosinathi was been featured in the Brainstorm calendar, where he produced artwork for Nokia.

[llemaoana]

It’s 02:01... @ayanavjackson

[goldenluckydean]

Breathe Goldendean! Love this photo @ayanavjackson 😳

[meettheartist-sa]

Work by @ayanavjackson #etta #stella #sarah #wecreatives #meettheartist @gallery_momo (at Meet The Artist)

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SERIOUSLY THOUGH COME SEE US

[saltcollective]

©Ayana V. Jackson #blackcontemporaryart #blackart #ayanavjackson