Pinball #3 James Dupree My spires are architectural icons

My spires are architectural icons

My ceremony of art combines The Idea of Tea Ceremony and The Idea of Art Making

The Children of Middle Passage also led to a collaboration with poet Opal Moore when they researched the story of a ship that had left the West Coast of Africa with captives and disembarked in Rio de Janeiro in 1832

Much of his color selection is based on personal memories and created intuitively by hand-mixing

—Excerpted from Sam Gilliam: Of Fireflies and Ferris Wheels

Pinball #3 James Dupree My spires are architectural iconsFrom the Artist My work is the opposite of organic. I'm inspired by cities. In cities, I always know where I am. I like the pattern of city grids, the manhole covers, the trolley lines, the tread of tires, sidewalks and streets, street lights, the shape of the buildings. My materials tend to be urban, too. When I need color, I go to Home Depot or True ValueI see myself as a sculptor who makes prints and drawings. I have a vocabulary of shapes, not a