I’ve never seen a sculpture of a black person rendered in this style, with so much realism.
(via Stone Sculptures, Full Figure Portrait Sculpting by Philippe Faraut)
you guys should read some of Charmaine Nelson’s writing (x x) if you’re interested in the representation of black women in neoclassical sculpture
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This image brings an incredible sense of calmness
A vague sense of animal crossing
Ariana Page Russell has dermatographia, a condition in which her skin is hypersensitive, causing painless, temporary welts that emerge when lightly stroked, scratched, rubbed, and sometimes even slapped. Russell exploits her condition in her artwork by creating patterns on different parts of her body and photographing them as the skin becomes irritated and swells.
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