
02/15/2021
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Let’s keep the love going even if Valentine’s Day has already passed...⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
We purchased this Ghada Amer (Black Kiss) painting a year after it was made. Sweet and simple and reminds me of stolen summer kisses and more intimate moments of yesteryear. 👩❤️👨 Online dating fatigue is real and I feel people are yearning for IRL experiences and physical touch.🫂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Contemporary Egyptian artist, Amer has dedicated her career to a highly personal exploration of femininity in various contexts. She is known for her thickly embroidered canvases, such as the one above. She typically features fragmented, erotic female imagery sourced from pornographic magazines. 🚫 😈 Originally produced to inspire lust, the images are transformed into meditations on the private nature of ecstasy. 🔥👄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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"I liked the idea of representing women through the medium of thread because it is so identified with femininity," 🧵she said. Her 2008 mid-career survey at the Brooklyn Museum explored the mysteries of love, war, and violence.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Hovering in the background is an Alex Katz, another HLK acquisition. The juxtaposition creates a fun narrative for the space. Drama or romance? You decide...☔️⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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