Danielle Tamagni, Sapeurs posing in front of Memorial Savorgnan de Brazz, Brazzaville, 2008; chromogenic print, 37 1/2 by 47 inches. (All images courtesy of Hammonds House Museum.)
Arteh Odidja, Stranger in Moscow — Kremlin; archival inkjet print, 31 by 37 inches.
Curated by Shantrelle P. Lewis, Dandy Lion: (Re) Articulating Black Masculine Identity is a photography exhibition which highlights the contemporary expressions of the Black Dandy phenomenon in popular culture. The Black Dandy celebrated in the exhibition is a self-fashioned gentleman who intentionally assimilates classical European fashion with African Disaporan aesthetics and sensibilities.
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He is a rebel—a modern-day representation of the African trickster.
— From the accompanying text
Harness Hamese, For every strong woman there are strong men — Khumbula, 2014; archival inkjet print, 21 by 25 inches.
Hanif Abdur-Rahim, A Revolution in Etiquette — Connoisseurs of SWAG, 2010; digital chromogenic print, 41 by 41 inches.
Russell Frederick, Alanzo, 2010; silver gelatin print, 24 by 27 inches.
Sara Shamsavari, Martell Campbell, London, 2014; archival inkjet print, 20 by 24 inches.
Russell Frederick, Kingsley, 2010; silver chromogenic print, 24 by 24 inches.
Harness Hamese, Give thanks for thoughtful hands — Bafana Mthembu and Andile Biyana of Khumbula, 2013; archival inkjet print, 21 by 25 inches.
May Howard reviews the role of artists-archivists Myriam Amri and Xitlalli Alvarez Almendariz in An Act to Prohibit Camels and Dromedaries from Running at Large at Friends Gallery, Houston.
Francess Archer Dunbar highlights the Trail Skate Park, a skate park which sits on the Miccosukee Reservation in central South Florida, that serves as a vital community space at crucial junctures in the Everglades' environmental history.
Sophia Wright profiles the work of Daniel Essig, an Asheville-based artist whose sculptural books bridge together the ancient and spiritual with contemporary craft.
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