Amy Sherald

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Amy Sherald (born August 30, 1973 in Baltimore ) is an American painter. Sherald became known as a portrait painter . The choice of her motifs is intended to expand the genre of American art historical realism . She also tells African American stories in her own tradition. In 2018, Sherald was the first African-American painter to be commissioned to paint the official portrait of a first lady .

education

1997 Sherald began a Bachelor of Arts -Studies the painting at the private Clark Atlanta University . After her training at Spelman College with art professor Arturo Lindsay, she attended the Maryland Institute College of Art and began a Master of Fine Arts course in painting in 2004 . She continued this with the painter Odd Nerdrum in Larvik , Norway .

Career

One focus of Sherald's paintings dealt with ethnic origin and identity in the American South. The experiences she gained as one of the few black students in a private school had a huge impact on her work. Her first self-portraits showed her with a bald head. In her subsequent work she dealt with ideas exploring circus and imagination .

In 2016 she received the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition award from the National Portrait Gallery (Washington) for her figurative painting, which the New York Times described as "stylized realism". Two years later, Sherald was awarded the David C. Driskell Prize from the High Museum of Art in Atlanta .

Michelle Obama portrait

Sherald was the first African American woman to paint an official portrait of a first lady . On February 12, 2018, the official portrait of Michelle Obama was unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery. During the double ceremony , which was attended by former presidential couple Barack and Michelle Obama , Sherald and Kehinde Wiley were honored as the first black artist to create official presidential portraits for the National Portrait Gallery . Furthermore, they were honored for their dedication to the African American portrait art. The art critic Holland Cotter emphasized in his review that reality and fiction mix in the works of the two artists.

African American culture

Sherald takes traditional American realism and transforms the medium of the portrait to develop unexpected stories. Its aim is to position the “black legacy” in the history of American art in a central position and to challenge visitors to an intensive and comprehensive discussion about popular ideas about its representation.

While Sherald's models are always of African American descent, she always paints her own skin color in grisaille , i.e. a shade of gray. The lack of color is intended to directly challenge the perception of black identity. In doing so, the artist tries to rule out skin color as the basis for an ethnic attribution. Through her carefully considered and controlled compositions, the artist succeeds in releasing her models.

In a Hauser & Wirth publication , Sherald describes how she feels relieved of the pressure of performing for white people. “When you study a painting, you go deep into its history. The view changes. I think of my mother and especially my father, who both grew up in the deep south in the 30s and 40s and were very lucky not to be murdered. I've read a lot about the lynchings and the reasons why men in particular were murdered. Sometimes just because they met a white woman and just exchanged a casual look. For me that was an idea of ​​how powerful a look really is. I don't take this for granted. "

Baltimore

Sherald lives in Baltimore. There she impressively documents current African American experiences in the United States. She often works with strangers she meets on the street.

Further work

In 1997 Sherald participated in the international artist-in-residence program at Spelman College in Portobelo ( Panama ). She organized and directed shows at the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo and the 1999 South American Biennale in Lima, and taught art at the Baltimore City Detention Center . In 2008 she worked at the Tong Xion Art Center in Beijing .

Private

At the age of 31, Sherald was diagnosed with congestive heart failure . On December 18, 2012, at the age of 39, she received a heart transplant .

Exhibitions

  • 2011: The Magical Realism of Amy Sherald , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Sonja Haynes Stone Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
  • 2013: Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African-American History & Culture, Baltimore, Maryland
  • 2016: The Outwin 2016: American Portraiture Today , National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC
  • 2017: Fictions , Studio Museum of Harlem, New York, NY
  • 2018: Amy Sherald, Contemporary Art Museum Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri
  • 2018: Amy Sherald, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
  • 2019: Amy Sherald , Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia

Public collections

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/philip.kennicott : Perspective | Painting Michelle Obama brought Amy Sherald fame. Now, the artist wants to make works 'to rest your eyes.' Accessed April 4, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Amy Sherald | National Museum of Women in the Arts. Retrieved April 4, 2019 .
  3. ^ Mary Carole McCauley: Equipped with new heart, Baltimore's Amy Sherald gains fame with surreal portraiture. Retrieved April 4, 2019 (American English).
  4. ↑ a b Amy Sherald Wins National Gallery Portrait Competition - BmoreArt | Baltimore Contemporary Art. Retrieved April 4, 2019 (American English).
  5. ↑ a b c d e f Robin Pogrebin: After a Late Start, an Artist's Big Break: Michelle Obama's Official Portrait . In: The New York Times . October 23, 2017, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed April 4, 2019]).
  6. ↑ Amy Sherald | National Museum of Women in the Arts. Retrieved April 4, 2019 .
  7. ^ Mary Carole McCauley: Michelle Obama portrait by Baltimore artist Amy Sherald makes national splash. Retrieved April 4, 2019 (American English).
  8. ^ Watch: Unveiling of President and Mrs. Obama's Portraits at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. Accessed April 4, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Holland Cotter: Obama Portraits Blend Paint and Politics, and Fact and Fiction . In: The New York Times . February 12, 2018, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed April 4, 2019]).
  10. ↑ Artists - Amy Sherald - Hauser & Wirth. Retrieved April 4, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Amy Sherald: Americans Doing Everyday American Things . In: Ursula . tape 1 , 2018, p. 103-109 .
  12. ^ The Magical Real-ism of Amy Sherald - Gallery Exhibition - UNC Stone Center. Retrieved April 4, 2019 (American English).
  13. ^ The Magical Real-ism of Amy Sherald. (PDF) 2011, accessed on April 4, 2019 (English).
  14. ↑ Amy Sherald: Paintings | Reginald F. Lewis Museum ( en ) Archived from the original on March 26, 2018. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 25, 2018. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lewismuseum.org
  15. ↑ Amy Sherald | National Museum of Women in the Arts. Retrieved April 4, 2019 .
  16. ↑ Fictions | The Studio Museum Harlem. Retrieved April 4, 2019 .
  17. ↑ Philip Kennicott: Painting Michelle Obama brought Amy Sherald fame. Now, the artist wants to make works 'to rest your eyes.' The Washington Post, May 14, 2018, accessed April 4, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Amy Sherald. In: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Retrieved April 4, 2019 (Canadian English).
  19. ^ Museum of Fine Art | Spelman College. Retrieved April 4, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Sherald, Amy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American African American painter
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Baltimore