10 Jan, 2007

“Like most people in the art world, I appreciated the incredible synergy and connection between comic and visual art and didn’t want to make a distinction between them. I had seen the work in the Masters of American Comics exhibition and knew many of those artists, but as a curator, I wasn’t someone who had a particular expertise in the form. What drew me to this show were colleagues who had comics expertise and who advised me that we had a great opportunity to show a little-known body of work, which is so much a part of what the Studio Museum has always been about. When I spoke about the project with other curators who had done great work with graphic and comic pieces, they were amazed and said, ‘Wow, that’s really a treasure.’”

Artkrush is an e-zine that covers the fine art world, and in the current edition they’ve got an interview up with Thelma Golden, director and chief curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem, where the Africa Comics exhibit has been running. Thanks to my pal Vija for the link.

Also: the Nielsen numbers for Afro Samurai.

- Rich Watson