1984 / Acrylic and oil paintstick on canvas / 60”x60” / Private collection
1984 NEA Jazz Master Max Roach~ https://www.arts.gov/honors/jazz/max-roach
Previous January 10 posts:
Winter~ January 10
Barbara Hepworth: Born January 10, 1903
David Bowie: Born Jan. 8, 1947 / Died Jan. 10, 2016
Artist Birthday Quiz for 1/10~
1920 / Oil on canvas / 28”x21” / Private collection
Cover art for The Saturday Evening Post, January 3, 1920
Previous January 1 posts:
January First 2018: Happy New Year!
January First 2017: Happy New Year!
January First 2016: Happy New Year!
The Four Seasons: Winter
Winter~ January 1
January 1~
1953 / Egg tempera on gesso hardboard / 22 7/8”x17 7/8” / Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago, IL
Previous June 29 posts:
Pride Month~ June 29
Lowell George (April 13, 1945-June 29, 1979)
Artist Birthday Quiz for 6/29~
Zanele Muholi (Born 1972)
South African artist and self-described visual activist
https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/zanele-muholi
Bester V (Mayotte) / 2015 / Silver Gelatin Print / Paper: 23 3/4″x20″
Kehinde Wiley (Born 1977)
Applies the visual vocabulary of heroic portraits to contemporary subjects
http://akkad-design.com/KehindeWiley/Gallery/index_Bio.html
Akira the Hustler (Born 1969)
Artist whose work ranges from performance art to sculpting
https://ocula.com/artists/akira-the-hustler/#!
Shirohata (White Flag) / 2004 / Lambda print / 49″x63″
Mickalene Thomas (Born 1971)
Known for her complex paintings made of rhinestones, acrylic, and enamel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickalene_Thomas
Alison Bechdel (Born 1960) Cartoonist, writer, and graphic memoirist
https://www.macfound.org/fellows/908/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fun_Home
Patricia Cronin (Born 1963) New York based conceptual visual artist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Cronin
https://artuk.org/discover/stories/the-power-of-patricia-cronins-memorial-to-a-marriage
Jerome Caja (1958-1995)
Mixed-media painter and Queercore performance artist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Caja
Portrait / c.1990 / Enamel on plastic / 5 1/4”x5 1/4”x1 1/2”
Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988)
Poet, musician, graffiti artist, and Neo-Expressionist painter
https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/21-facts-about-jean-michel-basquiat
Untitled / 1981 / Acrylic and oil stick on plywood / 72”x48”x15/16”
Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989) Nigerian-born British photographer
https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/rotimi-fani-kayode
https://visualaids.org/artists/rotimi-fani-kayode
Keith Haring (1958-1990) Bridged the gap between the art world and the street
http://www.haring.com/!/about-haring/bio#.WzKpdGRKilk
Deborah Kass (Born 1952)
Multidisciplinary artist explores the intersection of pop culture & art history
http://maryryangallery.com/artists/deborah-kass/
Double Red Yentl, Split (My Elvis) / 1993 / Screenprint and acrylic on canvas / 72 1/4”x72”
Robert Gober (Born 1954)
American sculptor best known for his meticulously crafted works
https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/Robert-Gober
Roger Brown (1941-1997)
A leading painter of the Chicago Imagist style
http://www.saic.edu/academics/librariesandspecialcollections/rogerbrown/biography/
Couple in Sumac Thicket / 1982 / Oil on canvas / 66 1/8”x120”
Annie Leibovitz (Born 1949)
Celebrated portrait photographer for RS, Vanity Fair, and Vogue
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/annie-leibovitz-life-through-a-lens/16/
HM Queen Elizabeth II / 2007 / C-type digital print / Image: 12 1/2”x18 3/4”
The Misty Miss Christy 