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Peter Clarke: Wind Blowing on the Cape Flats
Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts) in partnership with the South African National Gallery (Iziko Museums of South Africa) presents a major retrospective and first substantial exhibition in the UK of the internationally acclaimed artist, Peter Clarke. Peter Clarke – Coming and Going (1960) Wind Blowing on the Cape Flats honours Clarke’s life, work and […]
Happy Monday With Yusuf Grillo
July 18, 2011
After a rough weekend, nothing perks me up as much as a beautiful piece of African art. Below is one of my favourite paintings by Nigerian artist, Yusuf Grillo, noted for his use of moody blues in his paintings. I think his use of blues is meant to be a nod to the indigo blue […]
Dark Skin – A Documentary, A Legacy, A Commentary on Society
May 27, 2011
Dark Girls You are Beautiful!* *The header is to be sung to the tune of Mika’s ‘Big Girls (You are Beautiful)’. Since watching the trailer for Dark Girls, I’ve been humming this to myself all day, replacing ‘Big’ with ‘Dark’ This morning my schedule was thrown askance because I spent a little bit too much […]
Jean-Paul Goude + Natural Art
May 16, 2011
Natural Art is an ongoing series of posts on (African) art with themes related to women and natural hair. _______________________________________________ “What I’m interested in is the illusion of reality” – Jean-Paul Goude The fierce inimitable Grace Jones is one of the ultimate Curly Africana‘s of ALL time, having repped the TWA since the 80s; and […]
George Condo + Kanye West + M/M (Paris) Scarf Collaboration
May 7, 2011
I fall squarely in the (minority) camp of people who don’t particularly care about the goings on in Kanye West‘s personal life. I don’t say this because the man isn’t talented: that he was able to sample Chaka Khan‘s Through the Fire successfully will eternally endear him to me; or for lack of doing attention […]
Revisiting Nike Davies Okundaye
April 9, 2011
In August 2010, I put up a post on Nike Davies Okundaye as part of Cherchez la Curl’s Curly Africana series of posts, which celebrate the achievements of African women who happen to have natural hair. This week’s edition of CNN’s African Voices features Nike Davies Okundaye along with the traditional dyeing techniques associated with […]
On Travel, Velazquez and Juan de Pareja
March 29, 2011
Revisiting Natural Art – The Velazquez Edition The clocks have been turned ahead an hour, spring has sprung and the shift in the English dew point means my natural hair is more defined than it has been in months. Suffice it to say that the corners of my mouth are turning upwards in an effort […]
Natural Art – J.D. Ojeikere + Threading
February 7, 2011
Since I started Cherchez la Curl one of the most popular posts has been a short paragraph I wrote on threading natural hair and its ability to effectively stretch-out natural hair without heat. That post is nearly as old as this blog (10 months!) and I thought I’d revisit threading (irun kiko in Yoruba) through […]
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