Socrates Archives - Trebuchet

Blaxploitation and Black Beauty: Mickalene Thomas – beautés du mois

14/05/2020

This essay looks at the conception of black beauty in the 70s in terms of contemporary art. Mickalene Thomas' work draws upon popular culture and makes beautiful paintings from it....

William Kentridge In Praise of Shadows

03/10/2019

The pursuit of truth should not lead us to totalitarian certainty and William Kentridge proposes that art practice is the key to holding illusion and insight in balance. ...