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repost • @connect_collect Thursday, July 1: Join us on Zoom for our last @connect_collect talk of the season with Baltimore-based artist @thekumasi and his LA-based gallery, @lowellryanprojects / RSVP link in bio! ✅✅ - BmoreArt co-hosts Teri Henderson and Jeffrey Kent will talk to the gallery about their move from Chelsea to LA, discuss best practices for artists and collectors, and dig into Barnett's prolific comic-based work. Kumasi J. Barnett was born and lives in Baltimore, MD. Influenced by the aesthetics and narratives of comic books, his work subverts and imbues the often timeless genre with a present day social consciousness. Barnett frequently paints directly over old copies of comic books, changing their narratives into critiques of police brutality, racial profiling, and more broadly, systemic racism. Barnett’s works have been exhibited widely both in the United States and abroad. Recent exhibitions have included Lowell Ryan Projects, Los Angeles, CA; Bravin Lee Programs, New York, NY; The Arsenal Gallery, New York, NY; and The Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY. Museum exhibitions include the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town, South Africa; The Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL; and most recently the Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA. Barnett’s work has been featured in Artforum, Vibe, Hyperallergic, AMMO, Huffington Post, and The Guardian, among others. #superhero #zoomtalks #lowellryanprojects #connectandcollect #blacksuperheroes #baltimore #baltimoreart #baltimoreartist #collectingbaltimore #buymoreart #bmoreart #kumasijbarnett #theamazingblackman (at Lowell Ryan Projects) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQhq9CeHRhO/?utm_medium=tumblr