THE MAJESTY OF THE HARLEM RENAISSNCE

WAS MY INSPIRATION IN CREATING THIS ARTWORK,

SUGAR HILL SOCIAL CLUB IN 2004. INSPIRED BY 

THE DARK TOWER OF A'LELIA WALKER, DAUGHTER OF

MADAM C.J. WALKER. AT THE DARK TOWER, THE ELITE GATHERED

ON A WEEKLY BASIS, THE CULTURAL ICONS. JUST TO MENTION,

ALL THE GOWNS ARE FROM THE ARCHIVES OF 

KILGOUR AND SWEET HAUTE COUTURE AND WERE 

ACTUALLY ORDERED BY OUR CLIENTS. THE GOWN TO THE 

EXTREME RIGHT, ORDERED BY THE ICONIC LENA HORNE.

MENSWEAR BY MIKEL KILGOUR MADE-TO-MEASURE COLLECTION.

THIS ARTWORK REMAINS TO BE IN MY PRIVATE COLLECTION

EVEN THOUGH MANY HAVE INQUIRED TO ACQUIRE THE ORIGINAL.

CERTAIN WORKS, I CANNOT PART WITH AND THIS IN ONE OF THEM.

EIGHT YEARS LATER, 2012, I CREATED THE SECOND SCENE OF

SUGAR HILL SOCIAL CLUB, THERE ARE PROFOUND DIFFRENCES

AND THE OVERALL COMPOSITION, REMAINS THE SAME WITH

SLIGHT TRANSITIONAL TOUCHES. BLACK HISTORY MONTH 

IS A MONTH, I BELIEVE IN BLACK HISTORY YEAR BECAUSE

OUR TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTIONS ARE PERPETUAL AND

EVERLASTING. STAY HIGHLY BLESSED - MK/ARTIST - 2020