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: Miles Davis, Jazz Photography by Herman Leonard
The Black Commentator
July 12, 2012
Quote to Ponder: “The challenge remains. On the other side are formidable forces: money, political power, the major media. On our side are the people of the world and a power greater than money or weapons: the truth.” – Howard Zinn
The Black Commentator
July 12, 2012
Art: Summertime Groove
Kadir Nelson San Diego CA
July 5, 2012
Quote to Ponder: “The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed in common. The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me. The sunlight that brought light and healing to you, has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn.” – Frederick Douglass Speech “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro” July 5, 1852
The Black Commentator
July 5, 2012
Art: Rise Above Rebel (Video of Paris wall mural installation)
Shepard Fairey Los Angeles CA
June 28, 2012
Quote to Ponder: “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” – Emma Lazarus
The Black Commentator
June 28, 2012
Art – Department of Defense
Eric Garcia Chicago IL
June 21, 2012
Quote to Ponder: “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” – Abraham Lincoln
The Black Commentator
June 21, 2012
Art: One In Dance Note Card
Margaret Warfield Atlanta GA
June 14, 2012
Quote to Ponder: “I’m scared of this anti-Wall Street effort. I’m frightened to death. The movement is having an impact on what the American people think of capitalism.” – Frank Luntz, Top GOP Strategist
The Black Commentator
June 14, 2012
Art: This Land is My Land
Shepard Fairey Los Angeles CA
June 7, 2012
Quote to Ponder: “I discovered very quickly that criticism is a form of optimism, and that when you are silent about the shortcomings of your society, you’re very pessimistic about that society. And it’s only when you speak truthfully about it that you show your faith in that society.” – Carlos Fuentes, Author, Scholar & Diplomat
The Black Commentator
June 7, 2012
Art: The Apprentice
Jim Alexander Photography Atlanta GA
May 31, 2012
Quote to Ponder: “Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy.” -Jose Marti, Cuban patriot, freedom fighter and poet
The Black Commentator
May 31, 2012
Art: Defend Equality
Shepard Fairey Los Angeles CA
May 24, 2012
Quote to Ponder: “Make wars unprofitable and you make them impossible.” – A. Philip Randolph
The Black Commentator
May 24, 2012
Art: Mighty Josh
Kadir Nelson San Diego CA
May 17, 2012
Quote to Ponder: “Each generation must discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it, in relative opacity…They realize at last that change does not mean reform, that change does not mean improvement.” – Frantz Fanon
The Black Commentator
May 17, 2012
Art: The Five Graces (Why War)
Larry Richardson Valencia CA
May 10, 2012
Quote to Ponder: “Nothing should be overlooked in fighting for better education. Be persistent and ornery: this will be good for the lethargic educational establishment and will aid the whole cause of public education.” – Roy Wilkins
The Black Commentator
May 10, 2012
Art: Harmony & Discord
Shepard Fairey Los Angeles CA
May 3, 2012
Quote to Ponder: “When you put your hand to the plow…” – Alice Paul
The Black Commentator
May 3, 2012
Art: Frederick Douglass – The Lion
Kadir Nelson San Diego CA
April 26, 2012
Quote to Ponder: “But there are certain very practical things American Negro writers can do. And must do. There’s a song that says, ‘the time ain’t long.’ That song is right. Something has got to change in America—and change soon. We must help that change to come.” – Langston Hughes
The Black Commentator
April 26, 2012