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Amy Sherald

Amy Sherald, Light is easy to love. (detail), 2017. Oil on canvas, 54 × 43 inches (137.2 × 109.2 cm). Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. Gift of Jennifer McCracken New (T’90, L’94) and Jason G. New (L’94), in honor of Sarah Schroth; 2017.3.1. Image courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth, New York, New York. © Amy Sherald. Photo by Joseph Hyde.
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September 01, 2016 – January 08, 2017

The Nasher Museum presented Southern Accent: Seeking the American South in Contemporary Art, which questioned and explored the complex and contested space of the American South. One needs to look no further than l...

Artists Fahamu Pecou (left) and Amy Sherald enjoy the opening event for Southern Accent: Seeking the American South in Contemporary Art in 2016. Photo by J Caldwell.
Amy Sherald, High Yella Masterpiece: We Ain’t No Cotton Pickin’ Negroes, 2011. Oil on canvas; 59 x 69 inches (149.86 x 175.26 cm). Collection of Keith Timmons, ESQ, CPA. Image courtesy of the artist and Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, Illinois. © Amy Sherald. This work was part of Southern Accent: Seeking the American South in Contemporary Art in 2016.

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