David Huffman Contemporary Art Library The upcoming exhibition follows huffman’s special treatment of a very specific subject matter – the iconography of a basketball, which tacitly signifies the politics of race, addressing the african diaspora and those who are usually associated with “handling” the basketball. Raised in the bay area among civil rights activists and black panther radicals, huffman has a longstanding interest in change, speculative stories, and science fiction.
David Huffman Africanah Org This exhibition showcases the extensive narrative that huffman has been designing since the early 1990s across a range of media including large scale canvas, works on paper, ceramics, video, and printmaking. Born in 1963 and raised in berkeley, california, huffman grew up attending black panther rallies while simultaneously witnessing the apex of the american space program via the historic 1969 moon landing. Artist david huffman blends afrofuturism, abstraction, and activism at sf's jessica silverman. we could all use some freedom and joy right about now. that’s what artist david huffman is offering in his new solo exhibition at san francisco’s jessica silverman, david huffman: a brilliant blackout. Huffman’s early work includes african american space travelers he calls “traumanauts”. these figures enter futuristic landscapes where paint combines with images of cosmic debris and ecological decay to create surreal tableaux.
David Huffman Africanah Org Artist david huffman blends afrofuturism, abstraction, and activism at sf's jessica silverman. we could all use some freedom and joy right about now. that’s what artist david huffman is offering in his new solo exhibition at san francisco’s jessica silverman, david huffman: a brilliant blackout. Huffman’s early work includes african american space travelers he calls “traumanauts”. these figures enter futuristic landscapes where paint combines with images of cosmic debris and ecological decay to create surreal tableaux. The studio museum in harlem is the nexus for artists of african descent locally, nationally, and internationally and for work that has been inspired and influenced by black culture. it is a site for the dynamic exchange of ideas about art and society. Africanah.org is a non profit foundation operating on public donations. readers like you power our success. for donations go to donate. Deeply personal but powerful beyond the bounds of his own experience, huffman’s densely layered paintings draw on aspects of his childhood during the black power movement in the 1960s and ’70s. It aims to inform, to promote and to stimulate discourse by publishing essays, interviews and actuel information on africanah.org, and by organizing workshops, conferences and other relevant activities, in collaboration with related organizations.
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