TheObamaNation.com » Arts http://www.theobamanation.com Mulatto Moments in "Post Racial" America. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:12:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Ernie Barnes 1938 – 2009 http://www.theobamanation.com/2009/04/30/ernie-barnes-1938-2009/ http://www.theobamanation.com/2009/04/30/ernie-barnes-1938-2009/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:23:27 +0000 Jason Luckett http://www.theobamanation.com/?p=259 I always loved his work.  It reminded me of my Los Angeles childhood, the beautiful freedom of house parties where I’d run around playing hide and seek, with Chuck-a-luck, Chris, Leslie and Jossie.  The adults danced, philosophized, and celebrated this community, largely a black one, though Mom and us kids were a lovely part of the simmering stew.

And how could you not hear Marvin Gaye when you see his work.

Sugar Shack - 1971

Ernie Barnes obit in the LA Times.


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