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Founded in 1912, the Newport Art Museum is one of the oldest continuously operating and most highly regarded art museums and schools of its kind in the country.
The Newport Art Museum’s collection consists of approximately 3,000 works of art in a range of media including works on paper (prints, drawings, watercolors, and photographs), paintings, sculptures, decorative arts, installation works, and textiles and is expanding to include new media. Concentrated on American art and contemporary art, the Museum’s collection includes works of art from the 18th century to present.
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Untitled, 2020, Inkjet print, Courtesy of the Artist.
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Revisiting classical paintings and the context in which they were produced, has provided me with an understanding of the arts and history. Studying classical pieces such as, Olympia by Manet, A Portrait of A Negress by Marie Guillermine Benoist, Moorish Bath by Jean- Leone Gerome and more, have assisted me with developing my voice in my work, while challenging the historical black narrative in art history. My series explores the recontextualization of classical paintings that reference various elements of “Renaissance”. Renaissance is defined as a rebirth, usually in reference to the revival of art and literature. My work embodies the concept of rebirth through reimaging beauty through my gaze, a Black gaze, where black bodies are the focal point as empowered figures.The work navigates through the neoclassical art spaces, exploring and creating a liminal space between past and present.The iconic, Black contemporary elements serve as tools for an embracing-espousal to the Black audience navigating the scenes, in hopes of establishing a visceral connection to the work through familiarity.