Tag: American Sublime

ART & DESIGN, ART REVIEW

Amy Sherald: American Sublime —The Quiet Power of the Grayscale Gaze

Oil painting titled "A Midsummer Afternoon Dream" (2021) by Amy Sherald. A Black woman with grayscale skin leans against a bicycle. She wears a vibrant blue dress, a straw hat, and white sneakers. The bicycle's basket is filled with colorful flowers, set against a white fence with cascading sunflowers. Part of the Amy Sherald: American Sublime collection.

From the Obama portrait to new triptychs, Amy Sherald: American Sublime offers a structural assessment of an artist refusing the spectacle of trauma.

PAINTER

Artist Amy Sherald: Reclaiming the American Sublime in Portraiture

Detail of If You Surrendered by artist Amy Sherald

Discover how artist Amy Sherald reclaims the American sublime through striking, soulful portraits of modern Black life.

ART NEWS

Amy Sherald Trans Forming Liberty on The New Yorker Cover Widens Controversy

The detail of Amy Sherald Trans Forming-Liberty on the cover of The New Yorker

Featured on The New Yorker cover, Amy Sherald Trans Forming Liberty brings race, gender, and symbolism to the forefront of public discourse.

ART NEWS

Amy Sherald Smithsonian Show Cancellation: The True Story

Trans Forming Liberty, the controversial painting that resulted in the Amy Sherald Smithsonian Show Cancellation

Amy Sherald Smithsonian Show cancellation sends shockwaves. Discover why her exhibit was pulled and the bold stand for artistic freedom.