Studio Visit with Artist Khari Turner | Say It Loud | Christie's
Khari Turner creates striking paintings that combine abstraction and figuration in order to, as he puts it, ‘rejuvenate the relationship of my history to my ancestors’ history with water.’ As a Black American originally from Milwaukee, Turner’s work is steeped in this violent history and yet he chooses to celebrate his ancestors ‘for surviving the challenges they faced’ rather than reenacting their suffering.
‘I really love this work,’ says Azizi Rodney, a Production Associate for the Content team, who picked Breathing Is My Occupation as a personal auction highlight. The painting depicts a figure who appears to have jumped into a body of water, the splashes from the impact giving the effect of feathery wings protruding from their back in the moment before they become submerged. For Rodney, there is a metaphysical element to the work as well - ‘it feels like someone envisioning their true inner self when they close their eyes and take a deep breath.’
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What a fasinating artist and concept. Right now I think about all people and all water all the time...literally every day
EXCELLENT , DETAILED, THOROUGHLY HISTORICAL.. .PAINTINGS ARE BEAUTIFUL... EXCELLENT ARTIST...I WILL BE BUYING HIS ART
Great work Khari!!! I loved seeing ur progress on Twitter. Can’t wait to buy some work soon!
Dear oh dear!
O re Yemonja! Lil Brotha putting Mami Wata and Yemonja's water ase in his works. Wish I could tell him to put the collected waters in the refrigerator until he's ready to use them. That way they won't smell at all or very little, unless he wants the swampy/rancid smell. And, to bring a small "gift" (slices of orange, watermelon or an egg shell half with molasses...) for Her for taking her waters. All waters belong to Yemonja. Mo ju ba omi tutu!
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“I was always more interested in what bark was made from on a tree”.
I love when people who plainly know nothing about chemistry pretend to know lots about chemistry. It's very amusing.
@curatedbychloej
2 жыл бұрын
. . . when did he say he knew about chemistry in this video?
@Muonium1
2 жыл бұрын
@Art Deco lol, k
@Muonium1
2 жыл бұрын
@@HB818OK lol, stay mad. "achieving" in the art world has a laughably low bar.
@Missus-ne8lt
2 жыл бұрын
Hating is a bar that's pathetic and "sad". Did you earn your BS or MS in Chemistry? What have you ACHIEVED? Hater!
@Muonium1
2 жыл бұрын
@@HB818OK have you two losers tried crying about it? maybe that will help you get over your adoration of obvious hackneyed garbage.