Crosscut. Magazine – Year in review: 10 Seattle artworks that exemplify 2021

More here: https://crosscut.com/culture/2021/12/year-review-10-seattle-artworks-exemplify-2021 New visibility via public art: “78 on Jackson,” Paul Rucker  On a hot day this past summer, three older Black women took a break from grocery shopping to sit on a mint-green bench in the shape of a record player tonearm on … Continue readingCrosscut. Magazine – Year in review: 10 Seattle artworks that exemplify 2021

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Artnet News

We asked historians to weigh in on the role that artists have played in past instances of social, economic, and cultural unrest. Artnet News, June 16, 2020 Paul RuckerAssistant professor and iCubed research fellow, Virginia Commonwealth University Paul Rucker, Red Summer. Photo courtesy of the artist. The … Continue readingArtnet News

CityArts Magazine – Paul Rucker Recieves TED Fellowship

“I’m ranting, aren’t I?” Paul Rucker asks softly, then apologizes. The Guggenheim Fellow, cellist and multidisciplinary artist, based in Seattle and Baltimore, is not ranting. But he does have a lot to say. Whether he’s jeering at Seattle’s faux-progressiveness, describing how Black people have suffered during the Obama era or pointing out that the U.S. has built a new prison every week since 1976, Rucker consistently calls out violent truths. … Continue readingCityArts Magazine – Paul Rucker Recieves TED Fellowship

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