“Black people have always known they were the inspiration for art,” John Edmonds recently told
“Black people have always known they were the inspiration for art,” John Edmonds recently told The New York Times. “The African art object has influenced, as we know, everything within the lexicon of culture, from entertainment culture to painting and sculpture.” See how his photographic work explores issues of queer desire, the Black diaspora, cultural appropriation, and the canonical history of photography in the inaugural Uovo Prize exhibition John Edmonds: A Sidelong Glance, on view now at the Brooklyn Museum through August 8.Installation view, John Edmonds: A Sidelong Glance, October 23, 2020 through August 8, 2021. Brooklyn Museum. (Photo: Jonathan Dorado, Brooklyn Museum) -- source link
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