Thursday, February 9, 2023

Romare Bearden

The artist confronts chaos. The whole thing of art is, how do you organize chaos? ~Romare Bearden
For Art Thursday, Romare Bearden (1911-1988). Bearden was primarily known for his art but he also composed songs (one is below). A couple more quotes:

If you're any kind of artist, you make a miraculous journey, and you come back and make some statements in shapes and colors of where you were.

What I've attempted to do is establish a world through art in which the validity of my Negro experience could live and make its own logic.


Untitled
by Romare Bearden




3 comments:

HWY said...

Lovely song and striking art. The cover art for the album is probably a piece by Bearden?

Tabatha said...

Yes, good catch!

author amok said...

His work is so beautiful. Listening to the song now -- wow!