Fire is linked through time to ancient tribal ceremonies, and his work process is definitely connected to that power and history. Terry sees fire as part of nature, and the universal flow of energy surrounding us. Working with fire became an organic process, an elemental communion of creating art from something alive. He found the mystery and power of fire incredibly compelling, and loved the challenge of both the need for control, and the simultaneous freedom he experienced with it as a medium. Terry was fascinated by flame, and also by its by-product, smoke, which could be used for marking surfaces. His relationship with fire as an artistic medium began in the eighties. Terry went to Louisville School of Art and in 1978 moved to New York City, where he attended the School of Visual Arts. Drawing became the companion that accompanied him and sustained him, and set the stage for what was to follow. He grew up in a military family and lived both abroad and in the states in what for many years was an uprooted and unpredictable existence. FIRST CHARLES WHITE now ARCHIBALD MOTLEY.Changing of The Landscape For Black Art.Kehinde Wiley Will be Presented the State Department Medal of Arts by John Kerry.“EMPIRE” LIVE PERFORMANCE AND Q&A STREAMING EVENT, THURSDAY, MAR.Black Art In America™ (BAIA) Fine Art Show at Faison Firehouse Theater (2015).A Flashback to 1979: The Year of the Last Total Solar Eclipse and 10 memorable moments in African American Arts and Popular Culture.BAIA Throwback : Collectors Home Tour 2014: The Galloways.BAIA Patron Curated Pick Jennifer Packer, #KaeperBowl and Curated For Collectors: BAIA Newsletter.
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