Pete Sparber interviews O’Neil Scott about his journey from birth in Jamaica and immigration to the U.S. at age five, and after that, college at Syracuse, where he played football(!) and to his rise as a portrait painter of exquisite beauty and delicacy.
Read MoreOur new contributor, Pete Sparber sees work by three Black artists, whose works resonate with him. The artists, Henry Taylor, whose current show is at the Whitney Museum of Art until Jan. 28, 2024; Branche Coverdale, recently at Paradigm Gallery and Studio; and O’Neil Scott, recently at Corridor Contemporary, have kinship with each other in their creation of Black universes that are present as witnesses and celebrants of their culture.
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