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Starmanda Bullock Retrospective at Howard |
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Sept. 28, 2008
  I saw a whole lotta art today, about which more to follow in the fullness of time. However, I didn't want to wait too long before calling out the show at Howard University's beautifully refurbished Childers Hall Art Gallery of the forty years of life and work at Howard of Starmanda Bullock. Bullock earned her undergraduate, masters and PhD degrees at Howard begining in 1965 and she has since served on the faculty, as Chairman of the Art Department and on the Board of Trustees. She has helped to shape the careers of a couple of generations of students and, judging by the work here, managed to turn out a body of first class art work along the way.
 Starmanda Bullock self-portrait  The reception was held on a balmy Sunday afternoon on the upper quad and under a huge white tent. I can't lie, I've been to lots of wedding receptions that weren't this nice. But putting aside the food, drink and encomia (look it up), the art does truly speak for itself. Bullock's goaches and prints are bold are compelling. She uses color joyfully and effortlessly. Her most recent large work, including a standout grid of self-portraits that may recall Warhol to your mind, traces a line of descent directly back to the earliest pieces, outlining a career of constancy and strength of vision.
It is no secret that the art world in this town is too divided racially and generationally. Dont miss this chance to get over to Howard and see what's been going on there for a very long time.
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