Thanks to all who have come out to help make this show a success! If you haven’t been able to make it, that’s totally understandable. That’s why we’ve made the entire show available on-line! Meet Dawud Shabazz, one of our esteemed Gift of Art exhibiting artists. Read on to learn more about Shabazz and his work. Contact Us if you have any questions or would like to own (or gift!) one of his artistic works.
DAWUD SHABAZZ
@dawudshabazzart
Dawud Shabazz. Eye Am Here #3, 2020. 22″ x 24″ Mixed media on masonite. $300
Growing up in Detroit, Dawud Shabazz found himself surrounded by creativity and it had a great influence on him. At around age seven, he sketched a portrait of his mother. She was so proud that he knew at that moment, that being an artist is what he wanted to do for the rest of his life. He uses many different mediums – such as acrylic paints, glitter, enamel, sand and other textured elements. – and believes that working in a single medium is restrictive to his artistic process. “Each idea manifests a life of it’s own.”
African American artists such as Charles McGee, Judy Bowman, Ed Terrell, Richard Mayhew, and Kerry James Marshall have left the greatest impression upon him as an artist.
Dawud Shabazz. What Matters Is What eye See, 2018. 24″ x 36″ Mixed media on masonite. $400
Dawud Shabazz. Butterfly Convention, 2020. 36″ x 36″ Mixed media on masonite. $500
Dawud Shabazz. Are You Coming From or Leading To?, 2020. 24″ x 28″ Mixed media on masonite. $450
Dawud Shabazz. My Mother In Eye, 2020. 30″ x 36″ Mixed media on masonite. $500
Contact Irwin House Gallery to inquire about or purchase any of these works of art:
313.932.7690 or irwinhousegallery@gmail.com.
