Portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama will tour the nation from June 2021 through May 2022 so more people can make the “pilgrimage” to see them.
Artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald are the first black artists ever included in the National Portrait Gallery’s (NPG) official roster of presidential portraits. Their work has proven extremely popular, to the point of National Portrait Gallery director Kim Sajet characterizing visits to see them as a sort of “pilgrimage.”
In a 2019 article for The Atlantic, Sajet wrote: “Viewing these paintings was turning into a form of secular pilgrimage, and the museum was becoming even more popular as a communal gathering place.” According to an NPG security guard, identified only as “Rhonda” in the piece, one woman even fell to her knees and prayed before the pictures.“No other painting gets the same kind of reactions. Ever,” Sajet said she was told.
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ReplyDeleteNorthwest Woodsman: Don’t know about you, but I can’t wait to line up for thos event. Why, I’d even sleep outside in below freezing temperatures just to be one of the first in line! Wouldn’t you? Occasionally I get the impression that the moderator of this blog would as they seem to feel that I am an insensitive person. Truth isn’t always convenient to all agendas.
ReplyDeleteTime to send Portraits of Trump around the country !!!!
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