Seeing Abstraction w/ artist Jamele Wright Sr.
Jamele Wright Sr. joins the Studio Noize family! Your boy JBarber is back from vacation and is live in the studio talking abstraction with Jamele. He tells us about his turn to abstraction and how seeing a piece by Clyfford Still gave him the breakthrough that he needed. Jamele talks about his family history that inspired his series In Transit and how all the textures, color,s and materials tell a much larger story about the Black experience. Great in-person in-studio vibes today on the Noize. You can even hear the fan going so you know it’s real! Listen, subscribe and share!
Episode 118 topics include:
New York living
switching materials
origins of Jamele’s abstraction
Black migration
creating a new practice
studio space
Mixed media work by Jamele Wright Sr.
Born and raised in Ohio, at the age of 22 Jamele Wright, Sr. moved with his family to Atlanta, Georgia. While raising a family Jamele produced art, jazz, and poetry events throughout Atlanta. Realizing that there were many young artists not being represented he started a gallery called Neo-Renaissance Art House. After curating the gallery for over a year Jamele was inspired to pursue his own artistic career. After a number of solo and group exhibitions, Mr. Wright graduated from Georgia State University with a B.A. in Art History. He concentrated on African and African American Contemporary Art. Jamele graduated with Masters of Fine Art from School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, New York. He completed a fellowship at Project for Empty Spaces in Newark, New Jersey.
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