David Ebony Archive
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Avant-Garde Art on TV: The Early Days of Television / Interview with Maurice Berger by David Ebony
Posted on June 4, 2015David Ebony– The advent of affordable television sets in the late 1940s and ’50s, and network television programming aimed to enthrall the masses, arguably had the most significant cultural impact […] -
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“Postcolonial Realism: The Architecture of David Adjaye” Interview with David Adjaye by David Ebony
Posted on April 10, 2015Merging the worlds of architecture, art, and design in a unique way, David Adjaye is very much in the spotlight these days. The African-born, London-based starchitect seems to be everywhere […] -
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Feeling at Home in Calcutta and Kolkata: Interview with Laura McPhee by David Ebony
Posted on January 30, 2015David Ebony— President Barack Obama’s recent state visit to India attracted scant notice in the U.S. press. The South Asian subcontinent is a place with seemingly little direct impact on […] -
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Material Transformations in Art of the Maya / Interview with Stephen Houston by David Ebony
Posted on December 26, 2014David Ebony– The first Maya archeological site I ever visited was Uxmal, on an extended tour of the Yucatán in Mexico in the early 1980s. Exploring the sprawling ruins of […] -
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Hollywood and Beyond: Ed Ruscha’s Visionary Works on Paper/ Interview with Ed Ruscha by David Ebony
Posted on November 25, 2014David Ebony– Ed Ruscha’s name is synonymous with the Los Angeles Pop art movement of the early 1960s. His work, however, has an appeal and importance that transcends merely regional […] -
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Liberating Love: Anthony Friedkin’s “The Gay Essay” / Interview with Nayland Blake by David Ebony
Posted on October 10, 2014David Ebony— This year marks the 45th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in New York. It was a pivotal moment in U.S. history when gay men and lesbians forcefully challenged […] -
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Maximum Minimalist: The Carl Andre Retrospective / Interview with co-curator Yasmil Raymond by David Ebony
Posted on July 29, 2014David Ebony— When I was in college in the mid-1970s, Carl Andre was god. For those of us striving to be serious artists, writers, and art historians, Andre was the […]