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| Marlon Banks photographed July 26, 2013 at Ayzha Fine Arts Gallery & Boutique, Milwaukee, WI. BlackArtistNews photo. All rights reserved. |
On July 26, 2013 the African American Art Alliance of the Milwaukee Art Museum and Ayzha Fine Arts Gallery & Boutique sponsored a reception for artists featured in the Milwaukee Art Museum’s Wisconsin 30 exhibit.
The show focuses
on Wisconsin-based artists and runs parallel with the MAM’s hosting of 30 Americans, a travelling exhibition of
works by contemporary black artists from the Rubell Family Collection.
Cynthia
Henry, the proprietor of Ayzha Fine Arts Gallery where the event was held, beamed
like a proud momma when she introduced the artists. BlackArtistNews was present to hear two of them speak: Marlon Banks
and Kevin Boatright.
The genial
Mr. Banks, read passages of his writings and then shared the backstory of his
painting on display, The Guardian of
Sleep, the roots of which lied in a childhood memory involving his
grandmother.
The somewhat
shy Mr. Boatright appeared a bit hesitant, but openly revealed his affinity for
the black cultural aesthetics of the 70’s exemplified in the humor of Richard
Pryor, the socially conscious music of Curtis Mayfield, and Blaxploitation
films such as “The Mack”.
Artists Brad Anthony Bernard and Sherman Pitts also attended the reception.
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| Brad Anthony Bernard photographed July 26, 2013 at Ayzha Fine Arts Gallery & Boutique, Milwaukee, WI. BlackArtistNews photo. All rights reserved. |
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| Kevin Boatright photographed July 26, 2013 at Ayzha Fine Arts Gallery & Boutique, Milwaukee, WI. BlackArtistNews photo. All rights reserved. |
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| Sherman Pitts photographed July 26, 2013 at Ayzha Fine Arts Gallery & Boutique, Milwaukee, WI. BlackArtistNews photo. All rights reserved. |
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| Window signage at Ayzha Fine Arts Gallery & Boutique, Milwaukee, WI. BlackArtistNews photo. All rights reserved. |
Wisconsin
30 and 30
Americans are on view at the Milwaukee Art Museum until September 8, 2013.
30
Americans will be on view October
11, 2013 – January 12, 2014 at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in
Nashville, TN.
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