About The Work
KNOT combines Newsome’s interest in knot theory, the performative language of the dance form Vogue Fem, the design formulas of heraldry, and Baroque architecture. Knot theory, a branch geometric topology, studies the embedding of circles into three-dimensional space. The hand movements, referred to as Hand Performance, one of the main elements of “Vogue Fem” are loosely based on a figure eight, or listing’s knot. The film presents an abstracted, collaged environment informed by the designs of Baroque architecture and ornament. Knot combines heraldry and hip-hop to provide an exploration of the black body through powerful queer images. In the process of all the ducking, walking, dips, sips, and hand performance, the piece questions how we define gender and masculinity.
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About Rashaad Newsome
From The Magazine
- Interviews & Features: Interviews with Artists who Make Collage - Rashaad Newsome
- Interviews & Features: Jeffrey Deitch on Why Figurative Art Rules the Zeitgeist, and His New Calling as a Pop-Up Impresario
- Interviews & Features: Curator Nicola Vassell on Her New "Black Eye" Show, and Why the Art World Stays So White
- Contributors: The “Black Eye” and the Postmodernist Art World
- Art 101: 10 Career-Boosting Artist Residencies to Know
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About The Work
KNOT combines Newsome’s interest in knot theory, the performative language of the dance form Vogue Fem, the design formulas of heraldry, and Baroque architecture. Knot theory, a branch geometric topology, studies the embedding of circles into three-dimensional space. The hand movements, referred to as Hand Performance, one of the main elements of “Vogue Fem” are loosely based on a figure eight, or listing’s knot. The film presents an abstracted, collaged environment informed by the designs of Baroque architecture and ornament. Knot combines heraldry and hip-hop to provide an exploration of the black body through powerful queer images. In the process of all the ducking, walking, dips, sips, and hand performance, the piece questions how we define gender and masculinity.
Courtesy of Daata Editions
About Rashaad Newsome
From The Magazine
- Interviews & Features: Interviews with Artists who Make Collage - Rashaad Newsome
- Interviews & Features: Jeffrey Deitch on Why Figurative Art Rules the Zeitgeist, and His New Calling as a Pop-Up Impresario
- Interviews & Features: Curator Nicola Vassell on Her New "Black Eye" Show, and Why the Art World Stays So White
- Contributors: The “Black Eye” and the Postmodernist Art World
- Art 101: 10 Career-Boosting Artist Residencies to Know
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