“Speakers poppin, crisp beats on my stereo…I read and have been read. Like a Phoenix I keep rising although I should been dead. Things happening all around, creativity flows from, the head, the end. I am a product of the hip-hop era and art has been my outlet for years. Music has fueled my […]
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Danny Simmons, Jr., Brooklyn, NY
Danny Simmons, Jr., is an American abstract painter from Queens, NY, who once coined his particular style of painting as “neo-African Abstract Expressionism.” He is the older brother of hip hop impresario Russell Simmons and rapper Joseph Simmons (“Reverend Run” of Run–D.M.C.). He is the co-founder and Chairman of Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation (since 1995) […]
Gerald Griffin, Chicago, Ill.
“How much can one learn about an artist by looking at his work?” A review of painter, sculptor and poet, Gerald Griffin’s latest pieces reveals a great deal about the soft-spoken artist’s life and passions. His work is emotionally intense figures in urban environment, dynamic geometrical shapes and hidden layers of underlying images within a […]