#saatichi gallery exhibition

[sheltiechicago]

New York

Photography by Quil Lemons

Antwaun Sargent’s New Black Vanguard Exhibition Arrives in London

In Antwaun Sargent’s Saatchi Gallery exhibition, Black bodies are present in the works of all of the photographers on show, but no two of them portray the Black body in the same way

Antwaun Sargent describes his groundbreaking exhibition The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion as a ‘movement’ – and it is. The exhibition brings together the work of 15 innovative Black photographers, based internationally, whose works blur the lines between fashion, photography and art. Now on display at the Saatchi Gallery, The New Black Vanguard provides a refreshing gaze through the lens of several of the brightest young, Black photographers, including the likes of Campbell Addy, Nadine Ijewere and Tyler Mitchell amongst others.

Adut Akech

Photography by Campbell Addy

Burna Boy, Dazed and Confused 2022

Photography by Kristin-Lee Moolman, Styling by IB Kamara

Untitled, Hijab Couture

Photography by Tyler Mitchell

Harlem 

Photography by Renell Medrano

#antwaun sargent #saatichi gallery exhibition #art #the new black vanguard photography between art and fashion #black photographers #photo exhibition #photography #campbell addy #nadine ijewere #tyler mitchell #london #quil lemons #renell medrano #kristin-lee moolman #quill lemons

[jlonejacketwthe30out]

continuing HAND & EYE - research...?

(please don't mind me labelling things weird or incorrectly - this was a few months ago now💀)

i had the PLEASUREEEE of visiting the Beyond The Streets exhibit at the Saatichi Gallery at the same time this project was happening, so i treated it as some primary research ygm 😁😁😁

as a casual graffiti liker, this exhibit was SO eye opening in all the styles and influences present in it, as well as seeing its position in counterculture circles; its overlap with hip hop, punk and skater culture. made me wanna get out there and start tagging so bad 🛌🏾

continuing more graffiti based research independently, i took a look at the book Subway Art by Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant. this book takes kind of a deep dive into street graffiti from 70's and 80's New York, highlighting the diversity of the style itself.

because of the nature of graffiti (being in places artists see as ideal, while most authorities don't think "vandalism" should be seen anywhere) the scenes in the book, as well as it being in New York, are all very industrial with a lot of space, but also nowhere extremely important.

train graffiti go crazyyyyyyyy so this definitely impacted my outcome! my independent work (as in sketchbook stuff) is heavily graffiti influenced so i was very happy to take this style into the project.

ART BY ROJAS @/IHATECIGS ON TWITTER

to further my research, i looked at typography by rojas on twt!! i LOVEEEEE their use of shape and colour so bad!!

#ual #lcc #art research