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"Passing/Posing" painting by Kehinde Wiley (Decoration at the Chapel of the Sacrament in the Cathedral of Udine, Resurrection | Courtesy: Private Collection)Painting by “Numbers”
Last year, saxophonist Branford Marsalis made a CD titled “Romare Bearden Revealed” to accompany a Bearden retrospective at the National Gallery in Washington, DC, and that is now on view at the Whitney Museum. Performing with his quartet, Marsalis paid tribute to Bearden's remarkable collages of blues and jazz musicians by arranging songs that had inspired the artist. Today, Marsalis talks with host John Schaefer about his relationship to Bearden, whom he befriended in the 1980s. Also on the show is the artist Kehinde Wiley, whose portraits of African American men combine elements of hip-hop culture with an Old Master's influence. The juxtapositions are often striking: quasi-religious imagery mixes with images of modern-day b-boys in full hip-hop garb. Wiley joins us just as the Brooklyn Museum of Art presents the first museum exhibition of his works.
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The Ill Effects of Urban Noise
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Soundcheck received an overwhelming response to our segment on the effects of urban noise. So much so that Arline Bronzaft decided to address the feedback. Listen to the original segment and read Bronzaft's response.
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