March Artist’s Salon: The Obama Portraits

Please join us Thursday March 15th at 5:30pm in Verge’s main gallery for the March Artist’s Salon where we will discuss the newly unveiled Obama portraits. What is the significance of these pieces and why have they garnered such strong reactions? We will unpack what it means to view portraiture through the generally accepted dominant paradigm in Western art. Feel free to bring a snack to share! Wine will be provided. Hope to see you all there!

Articles to reference:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/12/arts/design/obama-portrait.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/16/arts/design/obama-portraits-reader-reaction.htmlhttps://milled.com/obama-foundation/painting-president-obama-rJN4uVtMqlcTKTGz