{"product_id":"somaya-critchlow-paintings-hardcover","title":"Somaya Critchlow: Paintings - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSomaya Critchlow\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist), \u003cb\u003eAmanda Renshaw\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books))\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCritchlow's portraits of Black women transform Western portraiture and conflate kitsch with tradition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomaya Critchlow's canvases and sketchbooks log an ongoing process of world building. The artist fashions these realms by drawing upon her expansive knowledge of picture-making traditions ranging from the Renaissance to the Rococo. In charting the ever-expanding dimensions of this female-dominated universe, Critchlow casually disarms the distinctions that inform concepts of high and low culture by uncovering the ways in which class and racial difference are routinely conflated. The voluptuous, self-possessed women who explore Critchlow's fantasy landscapes and pensively occupy domestic interiors or otherwise blank pages owe as much to the aesthetics of \u003ci\u003eLove and Hip Hop\u003c\/i\u003e as they do to Peter Paul Rubens, and thus prompt the viewer to consider the disparate ways in which we esteem these forms of culture--and the women they feature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 11.3 x 9.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 22, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768079024416,"sku":"9788857244815","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1cb91b61a534240754bcc04524a856f2.webp?v=1780324215","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/somaya-critchlow-paintings-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}