Aug. 21st, 2020

Wearable art is so basic to humans.  From caves to hi-rises, to military uniforms or athletes...it is all expressed in the embellished garments.  Wearable art.  In the 1980s I had a line called Onliwear.  It was wearable art.  Mostly air-brushed based.  Process wise it led me to the quilting concepts.  Therefore in this Residency's revival of me and the air-brush, I will be doing wearable art.  Mostly not of trendy concepts or political protests.  But rather a protest against sterile visions, art or ideas.  

The full force of streams of color harnessed into one-of-a-kind expressions.  Salvos bombing the commercial logo-tribes of the world.  To liberate them of the oppression of the Big Brands with the offer of unique hand crafted wearable art.  T Shirts are powerful carriers of amazing artistic statement that can later be personalized by the wearer.  Traveling places unique to its owner. 

 Bringing Art To The People!

I am more into the closure of this Residency now that it is half past finished.  The large scale panels that re-contextualizes the First Nations' People Kokopelli to symbolize Visual Art, Performing Art, Literature and Music will be completed, documented then shipped off later to the master quilter Patrick Whelan for his collaboration.  I close out here Oct. 2nd 2020.

 Funny how the fact that he is White and I am Black flows as a  normal aspect of our artistic efforts.

In some ways we are what progress looks like in real-time.  That thing of united races.  Being appreciative beyond mere tolerance.

 Each panel is painted in archival textile pigments and is cotton 50 X 40 Inches each.