Sherald - First Lady Michelle Obama

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Amy Sherald - born in Columbus, GA and was one of only a handful of black students in the private school. She is best known for her portrait paintings, using Grisaille to portray skin tones. Please visit DarwinDarko.com/ekphrastic for a catalogue of all the artwork we discuss.

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Amy Sherald, who was born in Columbus, Georgia and was one of only a handful of black students in the private school. She is best known for her portrait paintings, using grisaille to portray skin tones in her work way of "challenging the concept of color-as-race.

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