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