{"id":27341,"date":"2022-01-25T02:38:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T10:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lainfused.com\/?p=27341"},"modified":"2022-01-25T02:38:38","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T10:38:38","slug":"black-american-portraits-at-lacma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lainfused.com\/black-american-portraits-at-lacma\/","title":{"rendered":"Black American Portraits at LACMA"},"content":{"rendered":"

To complement the presentation of The Obama Portraits<\/strong><\/a> by Kehinde Wiley<\/strong> and Amy Sherald<\/strong> on tour from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery<\/a><\/strong> (NPG), LACMA<\/a><\/strong> presents Black American Portraits.<\/p>\n

Remembering Two Centuries of Black American Art<\/strong>, guest curated by David Driskell<\/strong> <\/a>at LACMA 45 years ago, this exhibition reframes portraiture to center Black American subjects, sitters, and spaces.<\/p>\n

Spanning over two centuries from c. 1800 to the present day<\/strong>, this selection of approximately 140 works draws primarily from LACMA’s permanent collection<\/strong> and highlights emancipation<\/strong> and early studio photography, scenes from the Harlem Renaissance<\/strong>, portraits from the Civil Rights<\/strong> and Black Power eras<\/strong>, and multiculturalism of the 1990s<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Black American Portraits chronicles the ways in which Black Americans have used portraiture to envision themselves in their own eyes.<\/p>\n

Countering a visual culture that often demonizes Blackness and fetishizes the spectacle of Black pain, these images center love, abundance, family, community, <\/strong>and exuberance<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Access is included with a general admission ticket<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Get your tickets HERE<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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