Jamel Shabazz Captured 'Street Cred' for W Magazine Vol VI 2023 'The Art Issue'
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Tiffany Launches Atrium Platform for Artists, Artisans: Meet Derrick Adams
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Seeking to help supporters and Tiffany & Co. clients visualize the new Atrium concept, the iconic American jeweler reached out to artist Derrick Adams, who created an original artwork called “I Shine, You Shine, We Shine” for the Atrium launch.
The Atrium project will live on Artsy, the world’s largest online art marketplace. Derek Adams’ work reflects how people of African descent interact with art, American history and consumerism. “I shine, You shine, We Shine” will be auctioned by Artsy in an auction closing August 10.
100% of profits from the sale of “I Shine, You Shine, We Shine” is going to The Last Resort Artist Retreat, an art residency program that Adams founded in his home city of Baltimore, Maryland.
We link to our Sept. 19, 2022 update on this article.
Read MoreGucci Off the Grid' X A Vibe Called Tech Collab Lensed by Amber Pinkerton
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Gucci Off the Grid' X A Vibe Called Tech Collab Lensed by Amber Pinkerton AOC Fashion
Gucci took a step forward this summer with its evolving Gucci Off the Grid Collection, shot here by rising photographer, ‘jamaican gyal in london town’ Amber Pinkerton [IG]. Danish stylist Anders Solvsten Thomsen styles models Fabio Silva and Kieza Kanda.
This ‘Gucci Off the Grid’ sustainability campaign is a collab between Gucci and A Vibe Called Tech, a new creative agency founded by Charlene Prempeh, to explore the intersection of Black creativity, culture and innovation. Prempeh is an FT How to Spend it columnist and contributing editor who writes about Black innovators, design, travel, and culture. She is a graduate of Oxford University with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics [PPE].
Lewis Gilbert is the creative director of A Vibe Called Tech [IG]. AOC will flush out the agency in a separate post.
Returning to photographer Amber Pinkerton in this abundance of Black creativity moment, she was profiled in an August 2020, T: New York Times Style profile: The Rising Photographer Inspired by Her Home Country.
When Gucci announced its first Off the Grid collection in June 2020, Jane Fonda was holding a new bag made of sustainable material.
We now know the material is Econyl, and it’s heavily featured in these Gucci Off the Grid campaign images.
The upcoming Louis Vuitton Charlie unisex, 94% sustainable sneaker has pieces made of Econyl. The fabric made by Aquafil, using large amounts of recycled nylon, is also in heavy use by Prada — who led the Econyl drive — and Burberry, also a founding driver of the material. Track Econyl here.
See entire campaign: Gucci Off the Grid' X A Vibe Called Tech Collab Lensed by Amber Pinkerton AOC Fashion
John Edmonds' 'The Custom of the Country' for Vogue US September 2020
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John Edmonds' 'The Custom of the Country' for Vogue US September 2020
The September 2020 issue of American Vogue is out. AOC’s in-depth focus on cover artists Kerry James Marshall and Jordan Easteel will be finished today. This moment, we share ‘The Custom of the Country’ a fashion story styled by Carlos Mazario and featuring a wide-range of fashion industry luxury brands.
Photographer John Edmonds captures Alek Wek, Akon Changkou, and Toni Smith in a leisurely game of cards and a glass of champagne. Who knows — perhaps they are members of US Vice Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris’ Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, celebrating their sorority sister’s new national stage trajectory.
Make no mistake, if these women are AKAs, they are not ladies of leisure, but a force to be reckoned with. Read a July 2019 New York Times politics feature Kamala Harris’ Secret Weapon: The Sisterhood of Alpha Kappa Alpha.
At New Orleans Museum of Art, Lina Iris Viktor Explores Blackness As A Source Of Energy and Creation
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New York artist Lina Iris Viktor
At New Orleans Museum of Art, Lina Iris Viktor Explores Blackness As A Source Of Energy and Creation AOC She
“Usually I am more about trying to bridge divides of thought where people think things are in very defined spaces,” artist Lina Iris Viktor tells Harper’s Bazaar Arabia from her studio in New York. “I am all about making bridges.” The painter and conceptual artist is preparing new work for her first solo museum exhibition now open at the New Orleans Museum of Art entitled Lina Iris Viktor: A Haven. A Hell. A Dream Deferred.
Known for large-scale black and gold works on paper and canvas, the sculptural surfaces of Viktor’s pieces shimmer opulently with densely patterned iconography. There is something searingly original and contemporary about her almost cosmic composition of hieroglyphic elements that recall myriad forms, from Aboriginal Dreamtime paintings to West African textiles.
Born to Liberian parents, Lina Iris Viktor lives in London and Johannesburg, travelling and studying widely. The artist is not inspired by a specific location. Rather “It’s about experience and worldliness and understanding that there is no centre.”
