SWEET SAMPLED LEFTOVA LONER (LIVE SESSION)
AS HIS ALTER EGOS TAIWAN BRASWELL AND KAYE BRASWELL, KALUP LINZY PERFORMS ORIGINAL SONGS
As his alter egos Taiwan Braswell and Kaye Braswell, Tulsa Artist Fellow Kalup Linzy performs original songs from his catalogue as well as a cover of Teddy Pendergrass' "You're My Latest, My Greatest Inspiration." Due to COVID-19, the performance was pre-recorded, then shared in a World Premiere event at the 2020 New Orleans Film Festival.
Viewers are invited to join in to view this exciting live session. Sweet Sampled LeftOva Loner was commissioned by New Orleans Film Festival 2020 with generous support from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
Kalup Linzy received his MFA from the University of South Florida. He also attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Linzy has been the recipient of numerous awards including a grant from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship, Creative Capital Foundation grant and a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Film and Video. His work is in the public collections at The Studio Museum in Harlem, Whitney Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. He is represented by David Castillo Gallery in Miami Beach and The Breeder Gallery in Athens, Greece. He is a 2019/2020 Tulsa Artist Fellow.