The Lighthouse
an artsy periodical
Black Arts
Narrative VOL. I
GiGi — curator of IG gallery @theladiig — brings a selection of poignant photographs, art pieces and video clips for a month the U.S. designated to celebrate Black Americans in 1976. We celebrate everyday.
“Doubt”, (2010-2011). Titus Kaphar.Beauford Delaney, Dark Rapture (James Baldwin), 1941.
“Bwa Aretha”, 2011. Margaret Rose Vendryes. Oil and cold wax on canvas. 36 × 36 in.‘That’s the Way Love Goes’
Janet Jackson (1993)
Coming out at the height of coolness and black expression, Jackson’s song epitomizes black representation and beauty.
“No Poor Among Us”, 2013.Daniela Yohannes. Mixed medium and collage on canvas panel.46 cm x 38 cm.
Kara Walker, 8 Possible Beginnings or: The Creation of African-America, A Moving Picture, 2005 [still]
Courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York and David Zwirner.‘Four Women’
Nine Simone (Live)
Nina Simone’s ‘Four Women’ beautifully analyzes the different aspects of black womanhood with honest, vivid lyrics.
Richard Avedon, James Baldwin, writer, Harlem, New York, 1945.
© The Richard Avedon Foundation. Courtesy David Zwirner.
Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Nyado: The Thing Around Her Neck, 2011.
Susan & the Elders, 2012. Titus Kaphar. mixed media, 80 x 40 x 63 inches.
Sun Ra: A joyful noise
Based on the Sun Ra and his Arkestrah, recorded between 1978-1980.
This film explores afrofuturism as a theme of liberation for black folks and Sun Ra’s undeniable musical genius.
“One Thing I Would Not Do Is Joke About A Person’s Freedom”
Photographs from Downtown Baltimore paired with a fragment from Wayno’s remarks about controversy surrounding legal charges against the musician 6ix9ine in an episode of Complex’s ‘Everyday Struggle.’
Reacting to a spate of shootings, Baltimore police reassigned 230 officers from their admin duties to the streets in October, bringing the total number on patrol duty to 650. The police commissioner said, ‘Patrol is our priority.’
“Damn, It’d Be Nice to Make Fifteen aN Hour.”
Mood board of photographs curated for the Facebook ad campaign of a client’s civic engagement project in Florida. Images by Florida-based photographers Myles Cutchember, Antone Hood, and Lesia Gant.
