New Obama presidential center artist commissions include Lindsay Adams painting inspired by Langston Hughes poem – Culture Type

New Obama presidential center artist commissions include Lindsay Adams painting inspired by Langston Hughes poem – Culture Type

“Embracing her intersectional identity as a Black woman with Cerebral Palsy, Adams’s art serves as both a reflection and extension of self,” according to herbiography, “challenging narratives of race and representation while exploring personal and collective histories.”  And Adams added, “It is my privilege to translate ‘Weary Blues’ for the Obama Presidential Center. The piece will become part of a shared environment at the Center’s café— an at…

New Obama Presidential Center Artist Commissions Include Lindsay Adams Painting Inspired by Langston Hughes Poem - Culture Type

THE AWE-INSPIRING poetry of Langston Hughes informed a floral abstract painting with a rich and varied blue background by Lindsay Adams (b. 1990). “Weary Blues” shares the title of the Harlem poet’s iconic 1925 work. The poem speaks of the transformative power of blues music. Employing his signature simple and accessible language, Hughes recalls hearing the profoundly effective music of a piano player in a Lenox Avenue nightclub on a recent nigh…