“Black to front: Michael Lobel on Robert Colescott”, Artforum

Robert Colescott’s Interior I, 1991, is a spot-on pastiche of one of Roy Lichtenstein’s “Interiors” paintings: Here are the sterile modern furnishings, the stark outlines, the repeating dot patterns. Yet someone has shuffled in to disturb the otherwise pristine scene–a dark-skinned figure sits on the white couch, his stockinged foot plunked unceremoniously on the gleaming coffee table. Read More

“Robert Colescott at Crown Point Press,” by Kathan Brown

Robert Colescott at Crown Point Press by Kathan Brown Robert Colescott is standing in the Crown Point Press studio in front of an almost-finished ambitious four-panel etching, answering questions from a small group of visitors. “It’s really about our sex life,” he confides. “Sex and race, those are my raw materials. That’s why they’re in…  Read More

“Review/Art; Turbulent Restatements From Robert Colescott”, The New York Times

Robert Colescott is a black artist, born in Oakland, Calif., in 1925, who graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in drawing and painting, went on to study with Fernand Leger in Paris (1949-50) and in the 1960’s spent two years in Cairo, first as artist in residence at the American Research Center and later on the faculty of the American University. Read More

Various Artists

The 30th Anniversary Exhibition features the following artists: Al Souza, Alec Soth, Allison Stewart, Anderson & Low, Blake Boyd, Clyde Connell, Dale Chihuly, David Bates, David Halliday, Dawn DeDeaux, Debbie Fleming Caffery, Deborah, Kass, Douglas Bourgeois, Edward Whiteman, Elemore Morgan, Jr., Ersy, Gene Koss, George Dureau, Gorst Duplessis, Greg Gorman, Ida Kohlmeyer, Jacqueline Bishop, James Drake, James Surls, Jesus Moroles, Jim Richard, Joel Peter Witkin, John Geldersma, John Scott, John Waters, Lesley Dill, Lin Emery, Linda Ridgway, Luis Cruz Azaceta, Mark Flood, Mary Jane Parker, Matthew Sontheimer, Michael Willmon, Mitchell Gaudet, Nathan Ritterpusch, Nic Nicosia, Nicole Charbonnet, Pard Morrison, Patricia Cronin, Paul Lucas, Radcliffe Bailey, Renee Staul, Richard Jolley, Robert Colescott, Robert Gordy, Robert Polidori, Simon Gunning, Srdjan Loncar, Stephen Paul Day, Stephen Sollins, Ted Kincaid, W. Steve Rucker, Whitfield Lovell, Willie Birch, Francis X. Pavy, John Alexander and Trenton Doyle Hancock. Read More

“Lifelines”, Gambit Weekly

As years go, 2005 was a big one for acclaimed African-American sculptor John Scott. In May of that year, a retrospective exhibition of the then 65-year-old artist”s work was held at the New Orleans Museum of Art. It was a big success by all the measures that matter. Read More

“Thugs take a hacksaw to our spirit” New Orleans Times-Picayune

Art, by its very nature, is worth more than the ingredients that give it shape. A clay pot is worth more than the lump of clay from which it was formed, a painting more than the paint and canvas. Similarly, the bronze sculptures in John Scott’s eastern New Orleans studio were worth more than the bronze itself. Read More

“A New Wave”, New Orleans Times-Picayune

John Scott has spent his life transforming metal and wood into visual stories about black culture in New Orleans.

But the artist’s biggest challenge may be his latest: turning the derelict Lincoln Beach into a premier recreation spot while preserving its rich history through art.
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Various Artists

The 25th Anniversary Group Exhibition features the following artists: Al Souza, Allison Stewart, Blake Boyd, Bruce Weber, Charles Arnoldi, Clarence John Laughlin, Clyde Connell, Dale Chihuly, Dan Rizzie, David Bates, Debbie Fleming Caffery, Deborah Kass, Douglas Bourgeois, Edward Whiteman, Elemore Morgan, Jr., Francis X. Pavy, Gene Koss, George Dureau, Hans Hofmann, Herb Ritts, Ida Kohlmeyer, Jacqueline Bishop, James Drake, James Surls, Jim Richard, Joel Peter Witkin, John Scott, John Waters, Keith Haring, Lesley Dill, Lin Emery, Linda Ridgway, Luis Cruz Azaceta, Lynda Benglis, Mary Jane Parker, Matthew Sontheimer, Mitchell Gaudet, Nic Nicosia, Radcliffe Bailey, Robert Colescott, Robert Gordy, Robert Mapplethorpe, Roger Brown, Trenton Doyle Hancock, W. Stever Rucker and Willie Birch. Read More