The emergent sculptor in New York talks with an art historian and author of South of Pico: African American Artists in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s.
Octogenarian John Outterbridge, who had a distinguished career in arts administration at the Pasadena Art Museum (now the Norton Simon Museum) and the Watts Towers Arts Center, is best known for his p…
Lanka Tattersall is assistant curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA). In chronological order, she shares highlights from the year in exhibitions and performances in LA…
Art + Practice is a nonprofit founded by artist Mark Bradford, collector and philanthropist Eileen Harris Norton, and activist Allan DiCastro. Its mission is unique and multipronged, with a stated m…
High-profile exposure has been a long time coming for Outterbridge, underscoring the critical ghettos into which the mainstream American art world continues to relegate much black American art.
John Outterbridge’s recent exhibition “The Rag Factory” was a poetic treatment of relevant social issues, such as the stark division between haves and have-nots, and reflected the resilience and fra…