Sunday Muses: 9/29/24
This week's inspirations <3
Riding Death in My Sleep by Wangechi Mutu | (2022) | ink collage on paper | 60 x 44 in | Part of Peter Norton Collection of NY | Source: Bomb Magazine
Happy October my loves!
This post is a *little* late BUT I am excited to share the curated list of artists to put on your radar. You can expect a more in-depth profile of these artists soon <3 Thank you to everyone who has subscribed and have become a member of my corner of Substack!
Included are photos of the artists themselves, examples of their work and direct links to either their website or online bios (click on each name). If you have any artists that you would like to be featured let me know!
Please note: ALL copyright is to the artist and sourcing has been included
Elizabeth Catlett (1915 - 2012)
b. Washington, DC - d. Cuernavaca, Mexico | sculptor and printmaker
“Sculptor-printmaker Elizabeth Catlett, photographed at Howard University in Washington, D.C. in 1977. Larry Morris, The Washington Post via Getty Images” | Source: Smithsonian Magazine
Which Way? | (1973–2003) | 11 x 14 1⁄2 in | lithograph, edition 4 of 25. Courtesy of the Elizabeth Catlett Family Trust. | Source: See Great Art
Singing Head | (1980) | 16 x 9 1⁄2 x 12 in. | Black Mexican marble | Smithsonian American Art Museum purchase, 1989.52 | Source: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Laura Wheeler Waring (1887-1948)
b. Hartford, Connecticut d. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | painter and teacher
Source: Connecticut History
Girl in Pink Dress | (1927) | Source: NY Times
Portrait of a Lady | (1947) | Oil on Canvas | 30 x 25 1/8 in | Source: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Zohra Opoku
Accra, Ghana | fashion + textiles + photography | @/zohraopoku
Portrait by Danny Wonders Courtesy of Mariane Ibrahim | Source: MarianeIbrahim.com
Zohra Opoku, “I have opened the doors of truth. I have passed the waters of heaven. I have raised up a ladder to heaven among the gods. I am one who is with you. I have spoken as a semen-goose, (and) the gods hear my voice.,” (2020-22) | screen print on linen | 64 x 80 in | Courtesy: Mariane Ibrahim
Part of “I have Arisen…The Myths of Eternal Life Part One” 2022 exhibition | Source: Mariane Ibrahim
Berlin Art Week 2024 (Sept 11-14, 2024) | Source: Mariane Ibrahim
Wangechi Mutu
Nairobi and Brooklyn, NY | visual artist: painting, sculpture, film and performance | @/wangechistudio
Taken By: Khadija M. Farah | March 2, 2023 | Source: CulturedMag
“ Lizard Love | (2026) | Mixed media, ink, spray paint and collage on Mylar | 25 × 21 1/2 in, 28 1/4 × 24 1/4 in framed | From “intertwined” exhibition Jan 31, 2024 - Jul 14, 2024 | Courtesy of the artist, Gladstone Gallery, and Victoria Miro Gallery”
Source: New Orleans Museum of Art
“The Mother of all Snake Dreams | (2011) | Mixed media on paper | 33 × 23 1/2 in. (83.8 × 59.7 cm) Frame: 37 × 26 1/2 × 3 1/4 in. (94 × 67.3 × 8.3 cm) | The Studio Museum in Harlem; gift of the artist on the occasion of the Romare Bearden (1911–1988) Centennial and The Bearden Project 2012.11”
Source: Studio Museum Harlem