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news from sean qualls news from sean qualls sunday june 25 2017 new fros painting update 11 mc subject mc_preview_text hey there it s been awhile but i m happy to be back good news recently i completed a couple of larger pieces in my afro series i m really happy to have finally finished this one fro 74 has gone through many different stages and i probably could have finished it awhile ago at one point i seriously considered abandoning it but i m glad that i decided to push through sometimes what creates a challenge to completing a piece especially large ones is changing my intentions midstream initially i thought fro 74 would be a larger version of fro 79 and even though it was based on 79 i wanted it to be different that shift in gears caused the piece to take longer than i expected somewhere in the process of painting fro 74 i decided to tilt her head to the side which felt more natural and elegant than her pose in fro 79 i ended up blocking off her face so i could work on the background without having the face be a distraction and also to avoid the temptation to rework it the background probably changed more than any other part of the painting i also considered cutting it apart and re configuring the whole thing as i ve done with work in the past but decided against it when i caught a glimpse of light at the end of the tunnel as i said earlier i m really happy that i stuck with it because the final piece exceeds my expectations fro 74 38x48 mixed media on paper fro 74 detail buy now fro 74 10x13 print 35 buy now fro 74 18x24 print 75 buy now fro 74 24x36 print 150 next new fro started off a little different and it s process to completion was more straightforward i began with the idea of creating a portrait that engaged the viewer directly more so than this smaller version at each stage i enjoyed changing the configuration of her facial features as each micro movement gradually changed her appearance much more than afro 74 this piece evolved quickly i believe i was driven forward by the knowledge of what did not work in it s smaller sister version above her gaze is meant to evoke the moment when one unexpectedly catches a glimpse of their reflection in a mirror caught in between thoughts a universal perhaps soul catching moment my hope is to have viewers see themselves in the painting even if they are of different gender age race or complexion also working at this size allowed me to experiment with collage in the details of her eyes and mouth new fro 37x35 mixed media 2017 new fro detail buy now new fro 10x10 print 35 buy now new fro 30x30 print 150 more to come soon cheers sean share tweet forward 1 copyright current_year list company all rights reserved ifnot archive_page list description our mailing address is html list_address_html end if want to change how you receive these emails you can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list if rewards html rewards end if posted by sean qualls at 12 31 am 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday september 16 2016 artslope opening party tonight friday sept 16 7pm midnight i m excited to share a preview of this new piece that i collaborated on with friend and fellow artist jonathan blum come check it out tonight at the opening party for brooklyn s big tent and the launch of artslope a nine day art festival in park slope brooklyn this piece will be on display with works from 30 other park slope artists at shapeshifter lab 18 whitwell pl near 1st st brooklyn ny 11215 gowanus friday sept 16 7pm midnight i ll be spinning records throughout the night along with a few friends and fellow vinylheads hope you can make it if not enjoy the preview posted by sean qualls at 4 23 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday august 8 2016 weekly painting 10 why i love uncle tom and why you should too there was a time when next to the n word uncle tom was the worst insult that could be hurled at a person of color case in point on a 1988 airing of the geraldo show politician and activist roy innis who has found himself on the unfortunate side of several debates including the issue of gun control was called an uncle tom by john metzger of the aryan resistance insulted and affronted innis leaves his chair and grabs metzger by the throat just before the whole show descends into bedlam becoming one of the early eventful moments in shock television at the time i was old enough to know what the term meant and even though i don t remember ever being called an uncle tom as so many similar slurs were freely used to hurt people in my childhood i was often called oreo meaning black on the outside and white on the inside i began to wonder about the origin of the term uncle tom and decided that harriet beecher stowe s novel uncle tom s cabin was the best place to unearth some answers to my surprise the character of uncle tom was not the despicable traitor to his race cavorting and conspiring with old massa that i had imagined later greater insight came to me from all places an episode of the jeffersons in the show george calls louise s uncle who s visiting from out of a town an uncle tom louise s uncle then gives george a brief history lesson about a man named josiah henson whose autobiography inspired harriett beecher stowe s uncle tom s cabin and was the basis for the character it turns out that not only did josiah henson escape slavery and write his autobiography he was a minister abolitionist helping many to escape slavery and founder of a settlement and school in canada for those escaping slavery in addition it seems that stowe may have been more than just inspired by his autobiography http utc iath virginia edu abolitn henson49hp html i was disturbed and irked that this man josiah henson who made such a compelling contribution to american history literature and the abolition of slavery has had his legacy so altered and corrupted a mentor of mine once referred to a quote that he attributed to the novelist flaubert eat like the bourgeois talk like the bourgeois and save your anger for your art at the time i heard it i m not sure if it was an affirmation of what i was already doing or a call to action but it s stuck with me and has become an animating force for my work sambo uncle tom and all the wrongs of history especially those that personally troubled me have become fodder for my art still mystified as to how this man s name and character became an epithet and an object of derision i continued my quest all the while thinking about bringing his story to my work this is the first painting followed by this and sketchbook work i began to consider the divisive power of such a term the negative consequences of such labeling and the parameters that determine if one is indeed an uncle tom or sellout who or what jury determines such a thing in a conversation with cornell west and tavis smiley musician bill withers questions the true meaning of the term sellout he makes the point that if an item in a store is sold out it s a good thing but it becomes a negative when applied to a person questioning what it means when some successful rappers refer to themselves as thugs and inspired by tupac s thug life tattoo i created this week s piece my intention is to suggest that there s an amount of tommin or selling out involved with anyone who has achieved a certain degree of success especially at the level of a wealthy rapper producer or musician especially any who refer to themselves as a thug and or has crossed over to film and television i remember reading that snoop dogg are good friends i don t know perhaps there s a thug and tom in all of us and i also recently finished this larger piece paying homage to josiah henson and attempting to recontextualize the term uncle tom there are 10x10 prints available for 30 of these three and 10x13 prints also for 30 of these these are 16x16 for 50 and finally i have large 28x36 prints of this one for 150 all images are printed on high quality heavy watercolor paper with archival inks hand signed with 2 boarders on all sides just respond here to buy any of these prints or if you have questions about the originals or would like to arrange a studio visit also where to find me this fall the picture book re imagined group show pratt bank street college of education exhibit closing reception thursday sept 15th 2016 pratt manhattan 144 west 14th st 6 8 30pm under the big top group show opening reception friday sept 16 2016 more info to come brooklyn book festival panel discussion censorship of difficult subject matter in children s literature sunday sept 18 2016 see brooklyn book festival websites for exact time location vegas valley book festival signing reading historic fifth street school 401 s 4th st las vegas nv saturday oct 15th 2016 10am 4pm to be confirmed gowanus open studios madarts 255 18th st studio 30 brooklyn ny sunday oct 16th 12 6pm brooklyn botanic gardens ghouls gourds brooklyn botanic gardens saturday oct 29th 12 4pm to be confirmed brooklyn museum s 10th annual book fair brooklyn museum 200 eastern parkway saturday nov 12th 12pm 4pm brooklyn public library grand army plaza 10 grand army plaza brooklyn ny solo exhibit youth wing november 16 2016 through the end of january 2017 thx sean instagram com sean_qualls posted by sean qualls at 11 04 pm 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels black americans brooklyn artist history mythology identity josiah henson nyc painter painting race sean qualls stereotypes uncle tom older posts home subscribe to posts atom facebook badge sean qualls artist promote your page too back to seanqualls com seanqualls com followers blog archive 2017 1 june 1 new fros painting update 11 2016 4 september 1 august 1 may 1 january 1 2015 7 november 1 october 3 september 3 2013 1 may 1 2012 7 september 1 june 1 may 1 march 4 2011 29 july 1 may 1 april 1 march 1 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child were spent playing in the woods walking along train tracks and listening to music mostly kiss records my earliest memories of making art are of coloring in coloring books with my older sister angela my favorite book when i was seven years old was an illustrated bible that i got for christmas after graduating from high school i moved to brooklyn to attend pratt institute i dropped out after a year and half i have taken a few night courses at sva the school of visual arts but consider myself to be mostly self educated i spend my days listening to music visiting libraries and bookstores and of course painting and drawing i get most inspired when listening to music reading going for long walks or visiting museums my wife selina alko who s also an illustrator and i live and work in a little house in park slope brooklyn with our two children view my complete profile simple theme powered by blogger