Tag: Black women artists
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Between Mali and the U.S., Penda Diakité Finds Her Own Language in Memory
Raised between Mali and Portland, Oregon, and now based in Los Angeles, the Malian American artist was introduced to painting as a child in Mali, where she learned traditional bogolan painting. Today, her work draws on childhood memories, oral histories, Malian cultural traditions and spirituality. Working across collage, painting, film, photography, ceramics, bogolan and cowrie…
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“We Are Artists Too”: Senzeni Marasela on the Persistence Marginalisation of Black Women in Global Art Collections
South African artist Senzeni Marasela recently announced that she is preparing for a Netflix documentary exploring the underrepresentation of Black women artists in global collections. Multiple studies — from major museum analyses in the United States and Europe to research conducted in South Africa — have consistently shown that Black women artists, whether African, African…
