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Bidding for I FOUND MYSELF AT THE MET AND I LOVED ME VERY MUCH: A SERIES OF ECSTATIC BLACK MADONNA PAINTINGS BY THE UNKNOWN AMERICAN PAINTER VANESSA GERMAN WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE A KNOWN FAT, BLACK, QUEER SELF TAUGHT MAKER OF PRAYER DEVICES HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT AS ‘SCULPTURE’, YES, HER; SHE PAINTED THESE A LOOSE HALLELUJAH IN THE CANNON OF THE LORD., vanessa german has ended.

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Perhaps the most influential artist of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso may be best known for pioneering Cubism and fracturing the two-dimensional picture plane in order to convey three-dimensional space. Inspired by African and Iberian art, he also contributed to the rise of Surrealism and Expressionism. Picasso’s sizable oeuvre grew to include over 20,000 paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures,ceramics, theater sets, and costume designs. He painted his most famous work, Guernica (1937), in response to the Spanish Civil War; the totemic grisaille canvas remains a definitive work of anti-war art. At auction, a number of Picasso’s paintings have sold for more than $100 million. The indefatigable artist has been the subject of exhibitions at the world’s most prestigious institutions, from the Museum of Modern Art and Centre Pompidou to the Stedelijk Museum and Tate Modern.

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I FOUND MYSELF AT THE MET AND I LOVED ME VERY MUCH: A SERIES OF ECSTATIC BLACK MADONNA PAINTINGS BY THE UNKNOWN AMERICAN PAINTER VANESSA GERMAN WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE A KNOWN FAT, BLACK, QUEER SELF TAUGHT MAKER OF PRAYER DEVICES HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT AS ‘SCULPTURE’, YES, HER; SHE PAINTED THESE A LOOSE HALLELUJAH IN THE CANNON OF THE LORD., 2017

Whispers cheekily, “found MET maps…”, acrylic paint, hubris, the particular kind of self-doubt that lives inside of a black girl raised in 1980’s southern california— *that* sloshy jagged thing, …and, a dream!

8 1/2 × 5 1/2 in | 21.6 × 14 cm

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