Whatever you think about Swizz and Ms. Keys, this collection is amazeballs…
#art #BlackArt #BlackArtCollections #ArtCollections #museums
#VMFA #Richmond #RichmondVA #Virginia
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American artist Barkley L. Hendricks treats everyday style as dignity and portraiture as recognition. By isolating two Black women, identified as Susan (left) and Toni (right), on a gray, monochrome field, he turns the smallest choices like cap brim, belt buckle, and bracelet glint into signals of agency and self-definition. Susan and Toni stand side by side against a deep, nearly solid dark background that makes their clothing and skin tones feel luminous. Susan, a dark-brown–skinned woman with a calm, steady expression, wears a pale blue short-sleeve button-up shirt with an open collar and a matching light blue cap. Her dark jeans sit high at the waist, held by a belt. Her stance is relaxed, with one hand in a pocket, and she wears bright white shoes. Toni, also dark-brown–skinned, faces forward with a direct, composed gaze. She wears a light green sleeveless top and a matching headscarf topped by a pair of round sunglasses. Her high-waisted dark jeans echo Susan’s, and she wears white shoes as well. Jewelry like rings, a bracelet, a watch, and earrings are painted with crisp precision, emphasizing texture such as metal catching light, fabric seams, and the subtle sheen of denim. The women feel life-size and present, their bodies upright and self-possessed, with no surrounding scene to distract from their shared presence. The work is also unusual for Hendricks as a double portrait with two people sharing the frame without hierarchy, held together by rhythm (matching jeans, repeated whites, and parallel stances) while remaining distinctly themselves. Painted in the 1970s, when Hendricks was refining his life-size portraits of Black sitters, the picture pushes back against the long absence of Black women from “official” painting traditions ... and without asking them to perform anything except being exactly who they are. The result is intimate and iconic at once for a portrait of relationship, presence, and the quiet power of being seen on one's own terms.
"Sisters (Susan and Toni)" by Barkley L. Hendricks (American) - Oil and acrylic on canvas / 1977 - Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Richmond, Virginia) #WomenInArt #BarkleyLHendricks #Hendricks #BarkleyHendricks #art #artText #BlackArt #BlackArtist #AfricanAmericanArt #VMFA #VirginiaMuseumofFineArts
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One of many wonderful pieces from the GIANTS exhibit. Artist: Ebony G Patterson. It caused my allergies to act up a little bit. These children never got the chance to grow up 💔
Our DEI field trip today was so much fun. We saw Swizz and Alicia's GIANTS exhibit at the VMFA here in Richmond. I had no idea they were into art like that. A wonderful experience.
#GIANTS
#DeanCollection
#VMFA #RVA
#AliciaKeys #SwizzBeatz
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The Justification: U.S. Central Command #CENTCOM stated the drone ignored multiple "de-escalatory measures" and continued its approach with "unclear intent." The F-35C, from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron ( #VMFA) 314, destroyed it in self-defense.
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Marvelous. Saw Picasso's "Pigeon on a Perch," painted in 1960, at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art, #VMFA, just yesterday. #Painting #Art
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color photo, blown glass forming overlaid balls, squiggles, wavy forms in green, yellow, orange, red and black
Chihuly show closeup, Virginia Museum of Fine Art.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbstract #BlueSkyArtShow #vibrant #VMFA #Chihuly #sculpture #RVA #art #glasswork
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color photo showing twinned bare oaks reflected in water, a trio of sculptures (nymph bending over the water, and that narrow white face that seems to show up everywhere most prominent). In background, auxiliary bldngs of VMFA, long ago the convalescent home for Confederate veterans of the Civil War.
Winter day, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts garden and pool, Richmond, Virginia.
#scape #RVA #gardens #VMFA
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New piece on Edwin Lord Weeks’ Pearl Mosque, Agra—a study that reveals as much as his Salon masterpiece. Light, heat, and quiet human detail all at work.
tinyurl.com/zekxyk2e
#ArtHistory #VMFA #EdwinLordWeeks
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Multi-colored abstract of stair rail with overlapping lines.
Rail Appeal
#lines #sensoryart #eastcoastkin #artyear #abstract #photography #rva #vmfa #rvaphotographer
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John Biggers’ Coming Home from Work turns a narrow path and a tired walk into a full account of labor and endurance. I unpacked how the painting works and why it still hits hard.
tinyurl.com/4ku7nv8b
#JohnBiggers #VMFA #ArtHistory #AfricanAmericanArt
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This work is held in the permanent collection at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund and partial gift of Souls Grown Deep.
#CreolaBennettPettway #GeesBend #HalfLogCabin #SoulsGrownDeep #VMFA #BlackWomenArtists #TextileArt #AmericanArt #QuiltHistory
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Roy Lichtenstein’s Gullscape has no sun, only geometry, gulls, and a calm too precise to be natural. My new essay, “The Geometry of Calm,” looks at irony, longing, and light without a source. 🌊
tinyurl.com/bddtnyan
#PopArt #Lichtenstein #ArtCriticism #VMFA
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Family group. SIL Sherry on floral print blouse, dark hair. Brother Ben with grey beard & charcoal sweater, birthday girl me holding a cane and wearing green, youngest brother Craig with navy jacket and khaki pants, and nephew Joshua ( son of Ben & Sherry) only member of next generation, tall, bearded, striped shirt and grey pants. Missing, our sister Annie who is in the hospital.
A gathering of my tiny Fitt family for my 80th birthday. Celebratory lunch at #Amuse at #VMFA It has been many years since we were all together and the only gift I requested.
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Robert Cottingham’s Pool (1973) looks flawless until you notice the missing balls and sprung wires. Perfection giving way to truth. A portrait of America’s beautiful decay.
Read → tinyurl.com/29s636fw
#RobertCottingham #VMFA #ArtCriticism #Photorealism #AmericanArt
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In this building, most visible surfaces are covered in honey-colored marble; from this POV, two floors are visible through various arches that line up. There's also a reflection of the floor from windows in the rear, and an abstract sculpture visible in the arch on the second floor ahead.
So, anyway, in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts building, there were these floors and openings and columns that all lined up in nice ways, so here.
29 December 2022
#RVA #Richmond #USA #VMFA #Photo
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In an art gallery, several gold-framed equestrian paintings hang on mint-green walls--with an antique sideboard in the middle center of the wall. Just off center in the front is a man in a dark jacket and trousers; in the back right corner, a tall man with long red hair, wearing a cap, a red T-shirt and jeans.
Speaking of the Virginia Museum of Fine Art (Richmond, VA), I just liked this picture I took of Isaac & Pat in another equestrian gallery. 29 December 2022
#SJB #PLS #VMFA
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A photo of the VMFA lawn at sunset, with pink and blue clouds, and with many, many groups of people standing and sitting in the grass. There is a statue of a skewed-looking bust of a woman’s head in the first 1/3 of the photo in the mid-ground.
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Beautiful evening at the VA Museum of Fine Arts sculpture garden
#photography
#architecture
#urbanphotography
#VMFA
#RichmondVA
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Went to the Frida Kahlo exhibit at VMFA. It was nice learning about her life and how it influenced her art. #virginiamuseumoffineart #vmfa
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Saw this painting at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Quiet scene, broken tree, two shepherds. Ended up writing about what it means to endure, to rest, to remain.
Essay here → tinyurl.com/383kydyb
#ArtWriting #VMFA #CharlesHoguet #SlowLooking #Resilience
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We finally went and saw the #FridaKalho #exhibition at the #VMFA in #RVA and had a delicious lunch at Amuse, too!
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At VMFA, Laurent’s The Three Sisters stopped me cold: three women, one tower, a tale of virtue, temptation, and quiet defiance. The 19th century has something urgent to say. Full story: tinyurl.com/mrxjht9p #ArtHistory #VMFA #TheThreeSisters
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Jazz every Wednesday evening this month at the #vmfa #urbansketching #drawnfromlife #drawnonlocation #blackwing pencil
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Four photos of the same panorama of a spiky sculpture in front of windows. The four panels have a different color: blue, pink, green, and orange.
Alternating Color
#alternating #blueskyartshow #eastcoastkin #artyear #art #photography #rvaphotographer #rvaphotography #rva #vmfa
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American artist Beauford Delaney painted this iconic portrait of acclaimed American contralto Marian Anderson, whose operatic talent and integrity inspired a generation. In this “memory” portrait—produced in Paris but with an awareness of the civil rights struggles underway in the United States—Delaney expressed his admiration for Anderson’s sensitive brilliance as a performer and person. The visual harmony of the work epitomizes his exploration of painterly abstractions, with the color yellow symbolizing perfection and transcendence. The painting is dominated by a striking, almost overwhelmingly bright yellow background, textured in a way that suggests an impasto technique with visible brushstrokes. The yellow has variations in tone, with warmer shades in some areas and cooler ones in others, adding depth and dynamism to the background. This bright background contrasts sharply with the central figure, Marian with short dark hair, dark eyes, and a calm, serious expression. Her brown-ish skin tone is relatively muted compared to the background's intensity. Her attire comprises a yellow-toned, long dress beneath a jacket that is primarily blue and yellow, creating a pattern that is somewhat indistinct but adds texture and visual interest without drawing attention away from the Marian’s face. The pattern creates a sense of movement and subtle chaos, which further contrasts with the composure of the legendary singer whose hands are clasped neatly in front of her. In the right of the canvas, a much fainter, almost transparent, smaller figure is visible that appears to be seated female, and it is significantly paler, almost ghostly, in color compared to the central figure. This secondary figure is subtly placed and I wonder its significance. The overall mood is one of honor and respect. Delaney's style creates a tactile quality, drawing our focus both on Marian and his bold application of paint.
Marian Anderson by Beauford Delaney (American) - Oil and egg tempera emulsion on canvas / 1965 - Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Richmond) #WomenInArt #art #artwork #ArtText #VMFA #VirginiaMuseumofFineArts #MarianAnderson #BeaufordDelaney #Delaney #AmericanArt #AfricanAmericanArtist #AmericanArtist
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Black and white photo of a metal chair with tiny holes in the seat casting a shadow on a bricked patio.
Casting a Shadow
#thursdaychairs #classicmono #eastcoastkin #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography #rvaphotographer #rvaphotography #rva #shadow #vmfa
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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts at night. Water feature with outside dining area. Chihuly glass red reeds in the upper left with a dark silhouette of Maillol's The River on the right.
VMFA at Night
#night #scape #nightscape #eastcoastkin #vmfa #artyear #art #photography #rvaphotographer #rva #rvaphotography #smartist
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