ESSAY

Compare:

  • a royal portrait painted by Velázquez, Gainsborough, or Fragonard, etc

  • Lugo’s portrait of a community hero or grassroots cultural figure

Questions:

  • What does it mean to remove power from traditional subjects and redistribute it?

  • How do form, pose, and ornamentation express respect or challenge authority?

  • Add a short summary or a list of helpful resources here.

  • By Jordana Moore Saggese (2014)
    Scholarly exploration of Basquiat’s coded imagery and racial politics.m description

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