Night Journey (1969 —70) belongs to Frank Bowling’s Map series (1966 – 71), a group of mostly abstract paintings composed of broad fields of color into which the artist placed the continents of Australia, South America, and Africa. Here, the barely discernible shapes of South America, in red at center left, and Africa, in blue and pink and center right, hover in his luminous composition. The yellow area between them evokes the Atlantic Ocean, the maritime highway that facilitated exchange and, most importantly for Bowling, the slave trade. Using the conventions of modern painting about 1969 — 70 in New York, where he worked at the time, the artist evokes the displacement and migration of Africans.
Photographed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC.
Artist and “Young Paul McCartney” Impersonator Jim McKenzie, with his Scarecrow Creation (Image Source)
Regular readers of this rad blog may already be familiar with the New York Art Scene’s Favorite Teen Idol, AKA Jim McKenzie, because we’ve written about his amazing art Here and Here. Jim creates sculptures of whimsical hybrid creatures not entirely dissimilar to the work of Ron English, whom we also love. Now, Jim is bringing the love back to his fans with a weekly how-to video series called Makin’ Things With Jim McKenzie. Check out the Video Preview below:
Oh boy oh boy, this sounds like fun. Jim will debut the first episode of Makin’ Things with Jim McKenzie this coming Saturday, December 3rd, 2016, which will be airing on his personal pages at Youtube, Facebook, and Instagram! Produced by Aardman Nathan Love and Aardman Animations, Makin’ Things is an informative art web series that dives deep into the processes of creating wondrous works of art. Jim will be covering all sorts of art-making topics, such as sculpting, drawing, painting, and even how to critique your own work. Get your clay, paints, and pencils out and follow along at home every Saturday morning at 8AM EST.
Watch and participate in Makin’ Things at any of the Internet-based locations listed below:
Even if you don’t want to make any art, you can watch it with the sound off, and still enjoy Makin’ Things, because, gee wiz, what a handsome man he is. Jim McKenzie!
Legendary, Industrial music pioneer and all-around Rock Star Al Jourgensen has joined forces with British dark-artist Sam Shearon to create a series of comic books entitled MINISTRY: The Devil’s Chord – The Chronicles of Alien F. Jourgensen, a 13-issue comic book series targeted to premiere at next July’s Comic-Con in San Diego. Each issue in the series will be based on a Ministry album, including the Platinum-certified Psalm 69, the Gold-sellers The Land of Rape and Honey and The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste, as well as Filth Pig, Rio Grande Blood, The Last Sucker and Relapse – all Top 20 albums on Billboard’s charts – among others.
The idea for a Ministry comic book was conceived by Al’s wife and Ministry manager Angelina Jourgensen. The story/script of the comic book, written by Sam “Mister-Sam” Shearon was inspired by conversations with both Al and Angelina Jourgensen about Al’s life, which provided the factual ingredients for Shearon to write this epic. Shearon has written the copy, created all of the characters and designed and illustrated the artwork for all 13 main covers as well as the inner illustrations throughout the entire series. According to Jourgensen, He’s, “been wanting to step away from music for a bit, switch gears…then I met Sam and then POOF! Sam turns me into a super hero. Yeah, I’ll sign up for that!”
I’ve interviewed Al on several occasions and have also dined and hung out with Al and Angie both in NY and LA, and I can tell you, based on my experiences alone, that they are endlessly engaging, charismatic and entirely charming people who have stories to tell beyond what you read in the media that would make your head explode. So, I know this comic book series is going to be amazing. Read the full press release and lots more quote from Al at This Link!
