Sentences with phrase «jazz musician sun»

Giving visual expression to wordplay, Arceneaux's Borrowed Sun (Critical Juxtaposition Test)(2004) places a pencil - drawn portrait of jazz musician Sun Ra on par with sketched representations of Sol LeWitt and Galileo, three legendary creators linked by cosmic connotations.

Works from his recent project Borrowed Sun invoke jazz musician Sun Ra, conceptual artist Sol LeWitt, and the Earth's sun, juxtaposing representative elements of each and opening up newfound associations.

These include Jim Lambie's tribute in the form of an abstract sculpture to jazz musician Sun Ra (2014) made with brightly - coloured potato sacks or Luc Tuymans» William S. (2012) based on a found image.

Not exact matches

While Johnson's works are grounded in a dialogue with modern and contemporary art history, specifically abstraction and appropriation, they also give voice to an Afro - futurist narrative in which the artist commingles references to experimental musician Sun Ra, jazz great Miles Davis, and rap group Public Enemy, to name just a few, with various symbols including that of Sigma Pi Phi (also known as the Boulé), the first African American Greek - letter organization, and writings by civil rights activist W. E. B. Du Bois, among others.

Between 1960 and the late 1970s, experimental labels such as Columbia and El Saturn released jazz by musicians including John Coltrane, Gil Evans, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Ornette Colman and Sun Ra.

, Columbia, and El Saturn released jazz by musicians including John Coltrane, Gil Evans, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Ornette Colman and Sun Ra.

Yet, Shepherd's «dieties» — Alice Coltrane (musician, wife of legendary John Coltrane), Sun Ra (American jazz musician), Frantz Fanon (revolutionary author from Martinique who was immensely influential in the field of post-colonial studies), and Octavia Butler (American science fiction author)-- are a far cry from the (Caucasian) sitters generally encountered in such traditional portraiture: Christ, Virgin Mary, and various saints, for instance.

Afrofuturism first took hold in the mid-1950s with the musician Sun - Ra, whose music blended science fiction, mysticism, African culture and jazz fusion.

Space Is the Place (January 28) Written by and featuring Sun Ra, this 1972 sci - fi film narrates the adventures of this African - American jazz musician and composer on a new planet in outer space.