Amy Sherald: The World We Make Art & Artists the book was a spiral-bound

the book was a spiral-bound series of photocopies and collages

Told from the point of view of young Alma Thomas

many of whom worked despite the horrific violence and censorship of the Pinochet dictatorship and now navigate through the hazy context that surrounds the post-dictatorial nation in the 21st century

1980) has pursued a hybrid mode of working that melds the roles of curator

Using drawing as a physical stream-of-consciousness

Amy Sherald: The World We Make Art & Artists the book was a spiral-boundThis is the first comprehensive monograph on acclaimed painter Amy Sherald, whose distinctive style of simplified realist portraiture features African American subjects rendered against colorful monochrome backdrops or in everyday settings. Sherald rose to fame after being chosen by former first lady Michelle Obama to paint her official portrait for the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, in 2018, becoming the first African American woman to