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ArtSpeaks
Reflections on art, culture and spirituality
by Paul G. Chandler
Paul G. Chandler
Aug 258 min read
ArtSpeaks: Africa #9 – Saly, Senegal: "Art as Revolution”
-Exhibition: “RED CARD” by Khalifa Mané – hosted by Galerie Mémoires Africaines , Saly, Senegal “I am a revolutionary artist. I am an...
Paul G. Chandler
Jun 215 min read
ArtSpeaks: Africa #8 – Senegal: “X-raying Lostness"
-Exhibition: “The Lost World” by Soly Cissé – hosted by OH GALLERY, Dakar, Senegal Viewing Soly Cissé's Monde perdu # 5 , 2024, Pastel on...
Paul G. Chandler
Jun 94 min read
ArtSpeaks: Africa #7 – Senegal: "It Takes a Family”
Painting - “ Large Senegalese Family 2” by Alioune Diagne, 2022, Acrylic on canvas, 297 x 207 cm (Museum of Black Civilizations, Dakar,...
Paul G. Chandler
Jun 54 min read
ArtSpeaks: Africa #6 – Saint-Louis, Senegal: "Life's Divine Alchemy”
Today I came across the wisdom of a contemporary sage, Maria Popova, the founder of The Marginalian: "Everything is eventually...
Paul G. Chandler
Jun 23 min read
ArtSpeaks: Africa #5 – Senegal: “Whose Faith is Your Art?”
Over the last months, unexpected events and other peoples’ agendas have led me to focus anew on spiritually delayering - allowing layers,...
Paul G. Chandler
May 303 min read
ArtSpeaks: Africa #4 – Dakar & Saint-Louis, Senegal: “The Embrace of Mother Africa”
While preparing to travel to Senegal, a friend of mine, who is Nigerian, albeit based in Qatar, wrote me; “My best wishes as you...
Paul G. Chandler
May 293 min read
ArtSpeaks: Africa #3 – Dakar, Senegal: “A Pilgrimage of Return”
Exhibition - “Pilgrimage” by Aliou Diack – hosted by OH Gallery at Maison Ousmane Sow "I felt in need of a great pilgrimage, so I sat...
Paul G. Chandler
May 252 min read
ArtSpeaks: Africa #2 – Dakar, Senegal: "Hope Paves A Way Forward"
"African Renaissance Monument" There is a fresh wind of hope blowing throughout the country of Senegal following their recent...
Paul G. Chandler
May 242 min read
ArtSpeaks: Africa #1 – Dakar, Senegal: "The Paradox of Power."
Kehinde Wiley's "Maze of Power" exhibition It is deeply inspiring to be here in Dakar, Senegal…the Land of “Teranga,” meaning the Land of...
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