ブルックリン美術館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (ブルックリン美術館Instagram)「Artist Beauford Delaney is known for his dynamic brush strokes and bold colors. This still-life blends abstraction, figuration, surface, and depth while exploring his own questions of identity and belonging as a gay African American artist in the early 20th century. The vivid use of color in Delaney’s depiction of the Fang sculpture references ancestral connections, and his frequent use of the color yellow in his artwork is associated with his own understanding of spirituality. The yellow bowl of lemons appears to be an offering in recognition of the past, present, and future of the Black diaspora. An active member of the Harlem Renaissance, Delaney’s exploration of African sculptural aesthetics was part of the movement’s Pan-African intellectual currents.⁠ ⁠ Author James Baldwin, Delaney’s mentee and close friend, has reflected on his unique ability to guide “the inner and the outer eye, directly and inexorably, to a new confrontation with reality. […] he is a great painter, among the very greatest.”⁠ ⁠ In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth, and in conjunction with the exhibition John Edmonds: A Sidelong Glance, we are highlighting contemporary artists in our collection whose work speaks to the complexity and beauty of Black American heritage.⁠ ⁠ Beauford Delaney (American, 1901-1979). Untitled (Fang Sculpture, Crow and Fruit), 1945. Oil on canvas. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Fund for African American Art in honor of Arnold Lehman, A. Augustus Healy Fund and Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 2014.73. © artist or artist's estate」2月4日 23時01分