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MetroTimes // Bakpak Durden, BLKOUT Walls, and Black figurative art in Detroit

By Steven Panton Published on November 17, 2021. It is common knowledge that body language can say a lot about our day-to-day emotional state. But the body is also an archive; it stores scars and trauma and talks about the life we have lived to this point. In I Feel Like I’ve Been Here Before, a solo […]

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“Sit Down Somewhere” Sydney G James Solo Exhibition to Honor Black Women

Sydney G James has known she was an artist since she was three years old. “To me, Art is life. Life wouldn’t exist without it. I honestly can’t imagine my life any other way.” The Detroit-bred and based visual artist and muralist earned her BFA at the College for Creative Studies and began her career […]

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WYTHE HOTEL FEATURES DETROIT MURALIST ELLEN RUTT WITH SEASONAL LOBBY MURAL IN BROOKLYN

Detroit-based artist Ellen Rutt was invited by hotel curator Kimia Kline to the Wythe Hotel in Brooklyn, NY to create a mural installation in their lobby for this winter season. The Wythe Hotel regularly showcases artists with rotating public exhibitions in addition to the artwork of their permanent collection featured in their river-front view rooms. PLAYGROUND had the pleasure […]

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