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By Ernie Barnes (1938-2009), “Club 55,” acrylic and oil on canvas, ca. 1990/1994, 41 ⅝ by 53 ¼ inches (105.7 by 135.3 cm), photo: Sotheby’s New York, 28 September 2023, ©️Estate of Ernie Barnes. #art #blackartist #blackartists
“There is a great humanity in Barnes’ vision. The more obvious interpretation is that he is intent upon portraying the deep significance of mankind. But on a subtle level he is a purveyor of what Joseph Campbell calls “bliss,” that rapturous state of being attainable by those who commit their intelligence and their imagination to an ideal.” ~ Joan d’Arcy