Art.
Painting, illustration and photography from the artists we've carried for two decades. Every piece runs at full size, uncropped — free to read, like everything else here.
Art – Evil Trinity Of A Chicano
Eric Garcia Chicago IL
June 2, 2011
Quote to Ponder: “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised…” – Gil Scott-Heron – “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”
The Black Commentator
June 2, 2011
Art: Legislative Influence For Sale
Shepard Fairey Los Angeles CA
May 26, 2011
Quote to Ponder: “A white face goes with a white mind….” – Nikki Giovanni
The Black Commentator
May 26, 2011
Art: Comforting
London Ladd Syracuse NY
May 19, 2011
Quote to Ponder: “Before you have a government, you must have the people…” – Marcus Garvey
The Black Commentator
May 19, 2011
Art: Pine Ridge (We Are Still Here)
Shepard Fairey Los Angeles CA
May 12, 2011
Quote to Ponder: “History can never be made by one man…” Stokely Carmichael aka Kwame Toure
The Black Commentator
May 12, 2011
Art: Mother Reading to Daughter
London Ladd Syracuse NY
May 5, 2011
Quote to Ponder: “Our sons shall not be taken from us…” – Juliet Ward Howe, Mother’s Day Proclamation – 1870
The Black Commentator
May 5, 2011
Art: Joy In The Dance
Margaret Warfield Atlanta GA
April 28, 2011
Quote to Ponder: “As the class struggle sharpens in the U.S. Marxism will…” – C. L. R. James
The Black Commentator
April 28, 2011
Art: Uncle Sam’s White Wash
Eric Garcia Chicago IL
April 21, 2011
Quote to Ponder: “I believe that there will ultimately be a clash…” – Malcolm X
The Black Commentator
April 21, 2011
Art: Curtis Mayfield
Jim Alexander Atlanta GA
April 14, 2011
Quote to Ponder: “We have defeated Jim Crow, but now…” – Rev. Al Sharpton
The Black Commentator
April 14, 2011
Quote to Ponder: “Simply because one is Black or Latino or lesbian or gay or whatever…” – Manning Marable
The Black Commentator
April 7, 2011
Art: Dark Wave / Rising Sun
Shepard Fairey Los Angeles CA
March 31, 2011
Quote to Ponder: “I think the importance of doing activist work…” – Angela Davis
The Black Commentator
March 31, 2011
Art: Hope – A Soft Sculptured Doll
Margaret Warfield Atlanta GA
March 24, 2011
Quote to Ponder: “I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else’s whim or to someone else’s ignorance.” – bell hooks
The Black Commentator
March 24, 2011
Art – Shirley Chisholm
Kadir Nelson San Diego CA
March 17, 2011
Quote to Ponder: “When you put your hand to the plow…” – Alice Paul, Feminist, Suffragist and Political Strategist
The Black Commentator
March 17, 2011
Art – Sleeping Giant
Eric Garcia Chicago IL
March 10, 2011