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  1. 海草 @[email protected] ·

    Xu Beihong painted a celestial nymph scattering flowers.
    It sold for $440,000 (3.2M yuan).

    But some online comments are brutal:
    “Vacant stare. Looks totally done with life.”
    “Cover half her face — the other half is beautiful.”

    Painted in 1916, it blended Western watercolor shading with Chinese brush lines. Maybe the sadness was intentional?

    #XuBeihong #ChineseArt #CelestialNymph #ArtCriticism #Painting #EarlyModernArt #OrientalMeetsWestern

    #xubeihong #chineseart #celestialnymph #artcriticism #painting #earlymodernart
  2. kilombavita @[email protected] ·

    archive.org/details/kw-ny

    Kara Walker—No, Kara Walker—Yes, Kara Walker—? by Howardena Pindell; Najjar Abdul Musawwir; Camille Billops; Betty Blayton Taylor; Camille Ann Brewer; Kirsten Pai Buick; Gregory Coates; Bob Dillworth; Gloria Dulan-Wilson; Cay Fatina; Theodore A. Harris; Sonji Hunt; Rashidi Ismaili; F. Geoffrey Johnson; Ben Jones; Charlotte Ka; Karsten Kredel; Howard McCalebb; Dindga McCannon; Tad Mike; Helen Evans Ramsaran; Senghor Reid; Gilda Snowden; Ed Spriggs; Harry J. Weil; Clarence D. White; Shirley Woodson

    Topics
    #KaraWalker, #artcriticism, #critique, #art, #Blackart, #Blackartists, #Blackartcritics, #Blackartcriticism, #africanamerikanart, #afroamerikanart, #primitivism, #antiblackness, #minstrelry, #stereotyping, #arthistory, #artindustry, #artmarket

    Introduction: Kara Walker—No/Yes/?
    SECTION I: KARA WALKER—NO!
    • I-XXIX
    SECTION II: KARA WALKER—YES
    • XXX-XXXI
    SECTION III: KARA WALKER—?
    • XXXII
    XXIII. APPENDIX
    About the Authors

    #karawalker #artcriticism #critique #art #blackart #blackartists