If you’re a fan of comic books and you missed the book reading/signing of Adilifu Nama’s Super Black, that I wrote about here back in October, well Lady Luck in definitely on your side. I stopped by Cal State Northridge University yesterday to see and photograph the opening of the Art & Design Center’s fantastic and exciting new exhibit, Fantastic Blackness: The Art And Politics of The Black Superhero, which is being curated by Adilifu. The pictures, by various artists such as John Jennings, Jamar Nicholas and Tim Bradstreet, are incredibly detailed, beautifully rendered and brilliantly displayed. Even though it’s being showcased in a rather small space at the university, the plethora of images and their visual impact is breathtaking; there is something for everyone. The show will run through March 10th, with a lecture this Monday, February 27th, by Professor Nama. Be sure to stop by.
Co-Curators, Adilifu Nama And John Jennings (artist)
"Black Jack" by John Jennings, 2011
"Miranda Mercury" by Lee Ferguson, 2011
"Taija Pinup" by Ashey A. Woods, 2008
"Amaka - Spacegrrl" by Arie Monroe, 2011
"Cage Noir Tombstone" by Tim Bradstreet, 2009
"Detective Boogaloo" by Jamar Nicholas, 2006
"Crane Style" by James Mase Mason, 2008
"Crane Style 2" by James Mase Mason, 2008
"Witchdoctor Bullet Smile" by Kenjji Marshall, 2009
"Self Portrait" by Rob Stull, 2007
"Ray Gun" by Ken Patternson, 2008
SUPER BLACK by Adilifu Nama.
All photography by N.D. Harrington for The Sophisticated Gentleman
California State University, Northridge - West Gallery
Art and Design Center, Room 201
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8299
818-677-2156
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