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The Sacred Collaboration: Paintings by Sophia Dawson

May 2, 2016 by Mariamma Kambon

“I gesso the material black, whether its canvas or wood, I gesso it all black to prepare the surface. It’s a conscious political act for me to work on a black surface … All black. All black everything.” Part I “My greatest inspiration is without a doubt the Almighty God. He is the one who gifted me my talent and I consider myself a co-creator with Him. All the ideas I have are the ones that come from Him. All […]

Categories: Exhibition, Personalities, Uncategorized • Tags: all black everything, black gesso, Black Panther Party, Black Power, Civil rights, Dequi Sadiki, Emory Douglas, Erykah Badu, faith, fine art, freedom, freedom fighter, human rights, I Am Free, Kanye West, Lauryn Hill, Leon Bridges, luz de tu sonrisa, luzdetusonrisa, Mariamma Kambon, mass incarceration, Mondo We Langa, motherhood, New York, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, painter, PEMDAS, Pharaoh, photography, political prisoners, portraits, Portraiture, prison abolition, resistance, Sam Cooke, Snug Harbor, Sophia Dawson, Staten Island, vision, visual artist, visual arts

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Moors on Doors: The Minute Sculpted Heads of the Moors of Venice

July 4, 2015 by Mariamma Kambon

“Alas, Falada, hanging there!” Then the head answered,  “Alas, young queen, how ill you fare!
 If this your tender mother knew,
 Her heart would surely break in two.” – excerpt from The Goose Girl, The Brothers Grimm Fumbling my way through the streets of Venice in the first few hours after my arrival, I slung my camera around to capture whatever caught my eye – easily everything, as the novelty of the entirely old city transformed it into a visual […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: African Diaspora, africans in europe, black italia, black portrait, blackamoor, blackamoors, brass, doorknobs, Europe, fairytale, Falada, firenze, florence, italy, Mariamma Kambon, moor, moor on the door, moors, photography, portraits, Portraiture, princess, the brothers grimm, the goose girl, Trinidad and Tobago, venezia, venice, wrought iron

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The Making of a Postcard

November 7, 2011 by Mariamma Kambon

Ms. Eliot put up with me invading her home, even graciously welcomed me, outside of the usual public hours, to create a portrait in my slow, deliberate manner.

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: culture, Harlem, jazz, Marjorie Eliot, music, photography, piano, Portraiture, postcard, studio museum of harlem, sugar hill

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The Spirit of Dedan Kimathi

November 7, 2011 by Mariamma Kambon

His anecdotes were rich and amusing. He shared his mementos with me – old prison stationary; collections of newspapers from 1970 and beyond; the primary school reader he kept from his boyhood days, from before Trinidad and Tobago had become an independent nation…

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Black Power, Black Power's Inheritance, Dedan Kimathi, photography, Portraiture, Trinidad and Tobago

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Black Power’s Inheritance Featured in London Show

September 10, 2011 by Mariamma Kambon

My current project, Black Power’s Inheritance, fits into the framework of the on-going struggle for self-definition – a grappling with ‘Caribbean Identity’. It is a project about the question of continuity, posed to my peers. What happened after the Uprising of 1970, a pivotal moment in the contemporary history of my nation and region? It has become even more pertinent in light of the 2011 State of Emergency declared by the government of Trinidad and Tobago. It is a matter […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: AACDD, ARC, Black Power, photography, Portraiture, State of Emergency, Trinidad and Tobago

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