Amy Sherald: The World We Make Art & Artists 1980) has pursued a hybrid

1980) has pursued a hybrid mode of working that melds the roles of curator

the book was a spiral-bound series of photocopies and collages

a dedicated and impassioned civil rights advocate

Using drawing as a physical stream-of-consciousness

A thematic exploration of nearly 50 female artists who choose women as subject matter in their works

Amy Sherald: The World We Make Art & Artists 1980) has pursued a hybridThis is the first comprehensive monograph on acclaimed painter Amy Sherald, whose distinctive style of simplified realist portraiture features African American subjects rendered against colorful monochrome backdrops or in everyday settings. Sherald rose to fame after being chosen by former first lady Michelle Obama to paint her official portrait for the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, in 2018, becoming the first African American woman to