Amy Sherald plumbs the multitudes of Black leisure in The Great American Fact, a series of arresting portraits that are currently on view at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles. From a woman resting on a bicycle to two surfers readying for the water, the oil-based paintings observe moments of respite and pleasure at a monumentalContinue reading "Artist Amy Sherald Depicts a Vast Array of Black Leisure Through Monumental and Nuanced Portraits"

How the new Obama paintings from Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald revitalize the stale power of the portrait.

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Mural by Amy Sherald aka @asherald on the tower above the Target store at 1128 Chestnut Street in the Center City area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Drone photo by James aka @urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site. Edit by Teee.

Eight of Amy Sherald’s vivid, skillfully rendered portraits are on view at Hauser & Wirth through October 26.

On the heels of the biggest year of her career, the artist is keen to point out that her newfound fame is the result of years of hard work.

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Amy Sherald This was my first time seeing Amy Sherald's paintings. No artist "bursts on the scene" they paint away even when no one is paying attention. Yet Sherald became very visible very fast when her portrait of the Michelle Obama was unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery. Sherald's show at Hauser $ Wirth last month was gorgeous and I came a way with a couple of important geeky painter insights. She can really paint curly hair! That's not easy and its frequently avoided but her…