New Images From: In The Shadow of The Valley
April 2013
THROUGH THE LENS OF THE BLUES AESTHETIC
Come check me out at The Whitney Museum tomorrow night!!!
Blues for Smoke brings into focus a wide range of contemporary art, music, literature, and culture through the lens of the blues. Kevin Jerome Everson’s work in film and photography evokes this tradition, conjuring the spirit of improvisation, brutality, and beauty in everyday life.For this evening, Everson has selected a program of short films, ranging from the 20th century to the present, that are inspired by the blues aesthetic and engage with themes found in the exhibition. Filmmakers include Charles Burnett, Kahlil Joseph, Horace Ové, Matthew Rolston, Cauleen Smith, and Justin Randolph Thompson, Bradly Dever Treadaway and M.Wesley Ham.
THROUGH THE LENS OF THE BLUES AESTHETIC
I co-shot a video with Bradly Dever Treadaway of a performance by Justin Randolph Thompson entitled Tossin the Rag.
It will be playing at The Whitney Museum of American Art for:
AN EVENING OF SHORT FILMS SELECTED BY KEVIN JEROME EVERSON
THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2013 7 PM
As Part Of:
Blues for Smoke brings into focus a wide range of contemporary art, music, literature, and culture through the lens of the blues. Kevin Jerome Everson’s work in film and photography evokes this tradition, conjuring the spirit of improvisation, brutality, and beauty in everyday life. For this evening, Everson has selected a program of short films, ranging from the 20th century to the present, that are inspired by the blues aesthetic and engage with themes found in the exhibition.
image by kevin jerome everson from Undefeated, 2008
