Now that it’s officially fall, I thought I’d continue in my color series of posts and write about black, all black everything. While there’s some debate if black is actually a color (technically black is the absence of color, and is therefore not a color), it’s still one of my favorites, and especially the favorite of most NY’ers. As time goes on, I’ve come to appreciate the graphic nature of simple black and white design and especially love the beauty of black on black. So let’s get back to black, and enjoy below. If you enjoy this post, be sure to follow my color board on Pinterest. Get into it!
Marc Jacobs on what inspired him to create the blackest, shiniest black for Marc Jacobs Beauty. Read it on the Sephora Glossy.
Zak Prekop Untitled (Black), 2011 (above).
Pierre Soulages, (above and below).
PUNCTUATED BLACKNESS (above), Woodblock Print, 2013. Kameelah Janan Rasheed
For more color inspiration, follow me on Pinterest, check out my color board, or check out these back to black boards while you’re at it (here, and here).
Thanks so much for posting the BLACK BLACK BLACK image but please include the following citation: © Kameelah Janan Rasheed // http://www.kameelahr.com
It’s been floating around without credit do a while and just trying to get a handle on this. PUNCTUATED BLACKNESS, (Woodblock Print, 2013) interrogates the labels we assign to ourselves and the ones that are assigned to us. The punctuation marks serve as different symbols of inquiry and decisiveness around identity. Punctuation is supposed to disambiguate the meaning of sentences — provide some form of narrative stability but because these markers take on different meanings in a variety of contexts, meaning is often liminal and thus unstable. Identity is unstable and always a source of inquiry.
Added your credit – love the piece, glad you found it so I could credit you!