Eduard Charlemont, The Moorish Chief, 1878
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Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. 4am Friday, 2015, Oil on canvas, 78 3/4 x 51 1/8 inches
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Kehinde Wiley
Emmanuel Eboue, 2010
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William H. Johnson, Man in a Vest, 1939-1940,
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Diego Velázquez, Portrait of Juan de Pareja, 1650
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Here's one I'm fond of from The Hyde Collection upstate, though it's European appropriation / colonialism etc--yet it's beautiful and affectionate I think. By Rubens.
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It's European appropriation / colonialism but, you know, it's Rubens so that makes up for any sin.
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PS I believe it's the right of artists to appropriate anything they please. But I never say this. Wouldn't be wise. As for colonialism: Edward Said loved (LOVED) Kipling. Esp KIM. AND Conrad. So we shan't blame the artists. Said's finding of complicity never diminished their work
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I love Conrad but not Kipling. But I also love Wagner, Celine, Nolde, and sometimes Pound.
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Btw this one movement of Parsifal I heard early yesterday a.m. was the first Wagner I've ever heard that I even minimally enjoyed. So I've been safe on Wagner until now.
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Overture to Tannhäuser is most accessible I think. He's amazing.

