Notes from MOAD Curator’s Talk
The Grace Jones Project and Dandy Lion: (Re)Articulating Black Masculine Identity
“This project is based on my love for black men”
- Shantrelle Lewis
“I’m not fashion I’m style.”
- Grace Jones
“We do it ‘till it’s done”
referring to wearing accessories, — Erica Sewell
“Black women were often written out of art history”
- Nicole Caruth
- WRT Grace Jones, Josephine Baker
- (Note: why Beyoncé matters)
The importance of album covers
Album covers as a concept…Live reenactments of album covers.
- Harold Offeh
“A lot of her work was to create an illusion or myth”
reference to Grace Jones’ album covers
- Nicole Caruth
Grace has been very influential on artist
- Harold Offeh
Grace Jones created an unconscious aesthetic.
- Eric Sewell
She was absolutely on control of her image
WRT Grace Jones
Nigrophilia
Patrick Kelley
Negrophilia
The word negrophilia is derived from the French négrophilie that means love of the negro. It was a term that avant-garde artists used amongst themselves to describe their passion for black culture. Wikipedia
“Agency” is central to the exhibit.
- Shantrelle Lewis
None of these guys are smiling. There is a seriousness about how they caries themselves.
- Shantrelle Lewis
Prince was the ultimate dandy. He was the master of controlling his image.
- Shantrelle Lewis
I’m not anti-white tees and baggie pants…I’m anti-white supremacy.
- SL
Shantrelle Lewis is a genius. Full Stop.
- James Jones
Dandy: Taking fashion rules and breaking them. Taking Western fashion trends on a black body and applying African sensibilities.
Bally Shoes
- SL
Controlling your image.
“There’s something significant about cloth”
- SL
