“These were the images that were easy for the art world to engage with.
Akinkugbe hopes the exhibition shows the "sprawling" nature of Black figurative art.
Courtesy Opera GalleryWhile public and institutional interest in Black art has been increasing steadily since 2008, attention and engagement is often inextricably linked to the news cycle.
“I do think that in the art world, there was a huge reaction to 2020.
“I think it could broaden someone’s idea of what Black art is.
Persons:
London CNN —, tutu, Edgar Degas, Chicago, Thelonious Stokes, Stokes, Alayo Akinkugbe, ”, Louis Armstrong, ” Akinkugbe, George Floyd, Derek Chauvin, Akinkugbe, Adjei, Amoako Boafo, Noel Anderson’s, Jazz Grant, ” Noel Anderson, Michael, Leonardo da Vinci, Vermeer, David Hockney, Lucien Freud, Jenny Saville, Francis Bacon’s, Lucian Freud ”, “ I’ve, ’ Stokes, Jesus, “, reimaginings, ” Stokes, ArtNews, Morgan Stanley, “ It’s, We’ve, there’s
Organizations:
London CNN, Opera, CNN, Sound, Black Arts Movement, Harlem
Locations:
retiré ., London, Chicago, Florence, Minneapolis, Ghana, West Africa, African