Sentences with phrase «directly challenges perceptions»

While her subjects are always African - American, Sherald renders their skin - tone exclusively in grisaille — an absence of color that directly challenges perceptions of black identity and seeks, in the artist's words, «to exclude the idea of color as race.»

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Drawing directly onto paper without sketching, Palma manipulates the shapes and colors in his compositions to create entirely subjective scenes that challenge perception.

A master storyteller, Marshall weaves the political, urban, suburban, and African - American history into ordinary narratives that are meant to upend popular perceptions of black culture as impoverished, violent or outraged and directly challenge conventional ideals of beauty.

Ligon speaks directly to the viewer through this piece, challenging his audience to confront our pre-existing perceptions of domestic identity and place in society.