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COREY BARKSDALE STYLE + INFLUENCES:
Bold lines and color combinations like those seen in African art. They come up without him trying, he says. Barksdale visited Africaa year and a half ago and noticed a lot of the homes there that use the patterns and colors he favors. “It’s not something that I force to happen,” he says. “It’s just something that’s ingrained in me from my heritage.”
Music also inspires his work, especially in its ability to connect people from all backgrounds. “It’s spiritual,” he says. “It’s something that I think any person in the world can relate to.”
COMMUNITY:
Barksdale believes in accessible art, a major reason he makes public art.“A lot of times people don’t have a voice, ” he says, “and the art that you’re putting on the walls [is] actually giving people who don’t have a voice, or who feel they don’t have a voice, an opportunity to express themselves.”