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SKUNDER BOGHOSSIAN 1966

Phyllis by Zina Saro-Wiwa

Zanele Muholi

Zanele Muholi is a visual activist, humanitarian and art practitioner who focuses on the documentation and celebration of the lives of South Africa’s Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex communities.

Beginning in 2006, Muholi responded to the continuing discrimination and violence faced by the LGBTI community by photographing Black lesbian and transgender individuals, resulting in the ongoing portrait project, Faces and Phases. Their self-proclaimed mission is “to re-write a Black queer and trans visual history of South Africa for the world to know of our resistance and existence at the height of hate crimes in SA and beyond”.

“Get in Loser! (we’re going crazy)”, Jade Maduike

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Sketches of beautiful Klao (more commonly known as Kru) girls! It took me forever to find photos that were specifically southeastern Liberian Klao (closer to where my dakwe would be) for accurate reference. I learned about the indigo forehead mark from a Klao journalist’s article so the girls here have it. All the current photos, though, were black and white, so I had to take a guess on some of the colors based on my own real life reference. I really love this and just might make it a series with the Bassa and Vai people, and maybe even the Kpelle. But yeah! I had a lot of fun on this, and I really loved it came out! Just so tumblr doesn’t nuke this post, I did not draw in nipples. It’s stupid but whatever.

Most of their outfits are based off of this photo:

Miles Morales on the 18th!!!

TWO MORE DAYS!!!

Some doodles

Patrick Dougher

Olamide Ogunade Olisco

AKWABA, Mederic Turay, 2023

Daughter of a Song Bull, by Nyareeta Gach, 2018

Zanele Muholi’s work in her series of Brave Beauties (2014-), exhibited at the 22nd Biennale of Sydney, 2020

Omonolisa IV

2020.

#repost @annanaffotey Annan Affotey (currently practicing in Oxford, United Kingdom, b. Accra, Ghana, 1985-). In these paintings, acrylic and charcoal on canvas, we see ample representation of dogs as companions to the sitters.

First image: Ekow and Guinness, 2021. Second image: Paul and Norma Playing Game, 2021. Third image: Pink Sitter, 2021. Fourth image: Tilts, 2021. Fifth image: Happy Independence Day Ghana, 1921. Sixth image: Paul and Norma (2), 2021. Seventh image: Red Headband, 2021. Eighth image: Paul's Morning Coffee.