Gods Taking Selfies is a personal tumblr project started by Indian visual artist Adrita Das. Adrita reimagines where South East Asian Gods and Goddesses to make them appear as though taking selfies.
Reform The Funk is an independent cultural platform created in a bid to challenge the status quo by promoting thought-provoking and emotive art.
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Laura Callagham Illustrates Female Sexuality and Empowerment.
Laura Callaghan is an Irish illustrator whose work focuses on female sexuality, fashion and feminism. Her work is bold, beautiful and aims to fight against the male gaze and slut shaming.
Celebrating International Women’s Day with Nicole Krystal Crenstil.
Reform the Funk spoke to Curator Nicole Crenstil about international women’s day, her work and being a woman in today’s society.
Bollywood Meets Hip Hop in Jasmin Sehra's Bollyhood Series.
Jasmin Sehra is a British-Asian artist who is using art to explore her culture and dual nationality. Her latest collection, BollyHood, is a mash up of Hip Hop and Bollywood, with cultural icons being immortalized as Bollywood movie posters.
Amy Sherald Paints Michelle Obama.
For the first time in history, the official portrait of America’s first lady has been created by an African-American artist - Amy Sherald.
Artist Kehinde Wiley Paints Obama’s Official Portrait.
The official Presidential portrait has, for the first time in history, been painted by an African American; Kehinde Wiley.
Layo and the Joy of Dance.
Given that Layo skipped her graduation to attend a dance job, it's fair to say to say that her passion for dance is her number one priority.
SPACE x LAUNCH
In October, Reform The Funk held it’s very first exhibition, Space, a celebration and showcase of Black Art.
Nnedi Okorafor: Redefining the Science Fiction and Fantasy Genre.
Nnedi is a first generation Nigerian-American and rightfully uses her roots to influence her work. Being a University Professor, a PHD holder and having various novels/comics under her belt, it is great to see African imagery within a very white dominated genre.
Cartèlea and Honour are Black Girls Who Rock.
Cartèlea and Honour are black girls who rock. Based in London and working as a model and artist, respectively, they speak to Reform The Funk about their style, dreams and walking in faith.
Kei Maye: Exploring Life With Art.
Kei Maye's work is modern and has a focus on real life situations with a light humour– especially with the harsh realities of millennial life.
TED x UCL Women
Since 2013, Tedx has partnered up with UCL (University College London), to host TedxUCLWomen. This is a movement celebrating the women of UCL and the wider community while looking at the barriers preventing women and girls worldwide from achieving their full potential.
‘Rainbow Girls’ – The Defiant Lesbian Community of South Africa
Julia Gunther’s photographic documentary series Rainbow Girls takes us to South Africa, where she explores the oppression experienced by lesbian women in the townships of Gugulethu and Khayelitsha.
Yumna Al-Arashi – An Intimate Portrayal of the Hammam
Yumna Al-Arashi is a female photographer resculpting the parameters of understanding that surround modern Muslim women with her latest project entitled “Shedding Skin”.
Sophia Thakur The Poet.
We’re all artists at heart and at one time or another it’s likely we’ve used either writing, music, art or dance as a form of self-expression. One rising artist taking her writing to the next level is poet Sophia Thakur.
The Misrepresentation in K-Pop.
Over the last ten years, K-pop has distinguished itself by appropriating enticing elements of rap, Hip-hop, jazz, and rock; all genres which emerged and was created by black musicians.
The Best Hairstyles At This Year’s Afropunk.
Festival hair. According to Google images, the trendiest hairstyles for festival flair include glitter partings, space buns and a boho braid or two. However, if you attend Afropunk you will find that the trendiest hairstyles are not those typically found in a festival lookbook.
Black Women Rocked at Afropunk.
Afropunk. The one and only annual arts festival that embraces and celebrates black culture and is undoubtedly made for us, by us (FUBU baby). By it’s own definition, it represents spirit and heritage, blackness and rebellion. This is felt not only by the art that is provided, but also by the people who attend.
Bringing poetry to life with Caleb Femi.
It’s this love of literature that led Caleb to being named the Young People’s Laureate in 2016.
Akasha Rabut on how NOLA's street culture shaped her photographic identity.
Trying to leave your own stamp in the creative industry is a difficult feat for any budding artist, something New Orleans based photographer, Akasha Rabut is very open about.