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ArtSpeaks
Reflections on art, culture and spirituality
by Paul G. Chandler


ArtSpeaks: Africa #9 – Saly, Senegal: "Art as Revolution”
-Exhibition: “RED CARD” by Khalifa Mané – hosted by Galerie Mémoires Africaines , Saly, Senegal “I am a revolutionary artist. I am an...
Paul G. Chandler
Aug 25, 20248 min read


ArtSpeaks: Africa #8 – Senegal: “X-raying Lostness"
-Exhibition: “The Lost World” by Soly Cissé – hosted by OH GALLERY, Dakar, Senegal Viewing Soly Cissé's Monde perdu # 5 , 2024, Pastel on...
Paul G. Chandler
Jun 21, 20245 min read


ArtSpeaks: Africa #7 – Senegal: "It Takes a Family”
Painting - “ Large Senegalese Family 2” by Alioune Diagne, 2022, Acrylic on canvas, 297 x 207 cm (Museum of Black Civilizations, Dakar,...
Paul G. Chandler
Jun 9, 20244 min read


ArtSpeaks: Africa #6 – Saint-Louis, Senegal: "Life's Divine Alchemy”
Today I came across the wisdom of a contemporary sage, Maria Popova, the founder of The Marginalian: "Everything is eventually...
Paul G. Chandler
Jun 5, 20244 min read


ArtSpeaks: Africa #5 – Senegal: “Whose Faith is Your Art?”
Over the last months, unexpected events and other peoples’ agendas have led me to focus anew on spiritually delayering - allowing layers,...
Paul G. Chandler
Jun 2, 20243 min read


ArtSpeaks: Africa #4 – Dakar & Saint-Louis, Senegal: “The Embrace of Mother Africa”
While preparing to travel to Senegal, a friend of mine, who is Nigerian, albeit based in Qatar, wrote me; “My best wishes as you...
Paul G. Chandler
May 30, 20243 min read


ArtSpeaks: Africa #3 – Dakar, Senegal: “A Pilgrimage of Return”
Exhibition - “Pilgrimage” by Aliou Diack – hosted by OH Gallery at Maison Ousmane Sow "I felt in need of a great pilgrimage, so I sat...
Paul G. Chandler
May 29, 20243 min read


ArtSpeaks: Africa #2 – Dakar, Senegal: "Hope Paves A Way Forward"
"African Renaissance Monument" There is a fresh wind of hope blowing throughout the country of Senegal following their recent...
Paul G. Chandler
May 25, 20242 min read


ArtSpeaks: Africa #1 – Dakar, Senegal: "The Paradox of Power."
Kehinde Wiley's "Maze of Power" exhibition It is deeply inspiring to be here in Dakar, Senegal…the Land of “Teranga,” meaning the Land of...
Paul G. Chandler
May 24, 20242 min read
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