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Ask any artist. Including “us” in the art world is no easy feat.
Meet Thelma Golden. She’s a socialite, a fashionista, a powerhouse in the art world and she’s tiny. Thelma is the Executive Director and Chief Curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem; a museum dedicated to the preservation and presentation of Contemporary Modern Art by Artists of African Descent. A must see if you come to Harlem.
Thelma is a mover, a shaker and a powerful force in a politically overwhelming white male art world. She is at the forefront of promoting emerging artists of color and coined the term “Post Black.” A term used to describe works by artists of color that are creative geniuses within their own right but do not necessarily promote or express an “I survived Black History” agenda.
Aside from being a maverick and a social pioneer chick does not think fashion is a game. Google her and in every image she’ll be fresh to death in head to toe designer duds.
Dynamic, progressive, iconic and four foot eleven. But size and stature are two different things.
Posted by gt on August 12, 2008
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Simone — August 12, 2008 @ 12:01 pm
I’ve read here and there about Ms. Golden. Glad to know that a woman of her knowledge and sophistication is holding it down. I remember going to the museum as a kid. I also went to Harlem School of The Arts and lived in The Schomburg. LOL
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gt — August 12, 2008 @ 3:16 pm
Thanks Simone. My goal is to promote dynamic people of color. People who transcend race but of whom are very much proud to be black. Like Obama. Sometimes the scope of who we are gets limited and lost in the media hype.
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gt — August 12, 2008 @ 3:18 pm
Isn’t she beautiful black and comely?
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Simone — August 13, 2008 @ 12:26 pm
She is a wonder! I’m just pleased to see a Black Woman carrying the tradition of our expression into the next century. I love Black talent and seeing it represented. I’ll be home in October and will make it my business to visit the museum.
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