Tag: National Identity

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.

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.