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LauraJG@deacon.social ("Laura G, Sassy 70’s") wrote:
Your Black History Month art post for today: by Barkley L. Hendricks (1945-2017), “Lawdy Mama,” 1969, oil and gold leaf on canvas, 53 3/4 x 36 1/4 in. (136.5 x 92.1 cm), in the collection of the Studio Museum in Harlem. #Art #blackart #blackartist #blackartists #BlackHistoryMonth
Art critic Yinka Elujoba describes this work as “a luminous painting of a Black woman cleverly layered on gold leaf with an Afro sitting on her head like a halo, complementing the arched canvas.” New York Times, Sept. 28, 2023.
