Minaj in Manish

I just like looking at this…:

Tags: amas, awesome dresses, manish arora, nicki minaj

Green Grass

 

A really beautiful video for Brazilian singer Cibelle’s stunning cover of Tom Waits’ “Green Grass”…& also the great Tom Waits singing Tom Waits’ “Green Grass”:

Tags: can't tell the birds from the blossoms, cibelle, green grass, tom waits

After Myth

I’m really into these new tracks, the powerful concept & the work behind them. I’m also loving Freddy D. on the cover – the style of which echoes David Bowie’s “Heroes“. Thought I’d share Teo Blake’s debut album, “Death to Sambo”:

Tags: death to sambo, freddy d, good tunes, myth, teo blake

From Black Ivy

A very cool project from the folks at Street Etiquette, The Black Ivy. Dope photos, styling & fiiine looking humanz -

Tags: black ivy, fine men, hbcu, howard, morehouse, style

Sleepy Hollow

Some personal photos for a change. Taken on a short journey up the Hudson with a dear friend. Thank you, Autumn.

Tags: halloween, journeys, photography, sleepy hollow

Thrilled

Happy Halloween!

Girl, I can thrill you more than any ghost would ever dare try -

….What is better than Thriller?

Tags: halloween, michael jackson, ola ray, thriller

End Waves

Legs & arms, oh my! Some cool 3D animation, “Extremity”, from artist Emilio Gomariz, working out of Madrid:

<From Today & Tomorrow>

Visit Emilio’s site, here.

Tags: 3d, animation art, arms, emilio gomariz, feet, legs

Flag Series

I really enjoyed New York artist Sara Rahbar’s Flag Series – a powerful, beautifully-titled collection of re-imagined U.S. flags made from textile and mixed media:

Tags: art, flags, new york, sara rahbar, tehran

Blonde Moment

Erykah Badu, The Roots, and others performed at the Hennessy Artistry event in New York this week. I had to look twice, like, is that you Erykah? And wanted to share her dopeness:

Tags: erykah badu, hennessy, new york, the roots

Color, Excluded

Maaaan. It’s been too long. Enjoy these great paintings by Atlanta’s Amy Sherald:

"Puppetmaster"

From Sherald’s artist statement:

My work began as an exploration to exclude the idea of color as race from my paintings by removing “color” but still portraying racialised bodies as objects to be viewed through portraiture. These paintings originated as a creation of a fairytale, illustrating an alternate existence in response to a dominant narrative of black history.

Tags: amy sherald, atlanta, baltimore, black fairytales, paint, portraiture