A Brush with History
![A Brush with History](/content/images/size/w2000/2023/01/George-Mccalman---Mother-Jones.jpg)
Artist George McCalman's recently released book paints history in new light. |
From Emily Hofstaedter via Mother Jones /
"It is fitting that I interview illustrator and designer George McCalman on All Saints’ Day. When I flip through his new book, Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and Unseen, I cannot help but think of the children’s hagiographies of my youth. But rather than Joan of Arc in her armor or Sebastian’s arrow-pierced torso, I see James Hemings in a tall white chef’s hat, with Mona Lisa eyes that follow me as I study the page; and Sister Rosetta Sharpe with her guitar, surrounded by pulsating rainbow soundw aves that threaten to make me dizzy. McCalman’s book is the carving on the cathedral wall, and I am the peasant hungry for a world of knowledge I am embarrassed to know too little about." | Read the FULL ARTICLE.
![](https://www.recollect.media/content/images/2023/01/McCalman-Basquiat.jpg)
![](https://www.recollect.media/content/images/2023/01/Mother-Jones-Logo.png)