Sep 17 - Oct 15, 2017
Simard Bilodeau Contemporary
Los Angeles, CA
Black Imaginary To Counter Hegemony (B.I.T.C.H.)
Michelangelo, Da Vinci and Rembrandt are recognized as some of the greatest oil painters of all time, and many of their works have become synonymous with Christian history. Unsurprisingly, their works depict people who look like them, with white men being used to represent everything from angels to God itself. “We are all created in God’s image,” painter Harmonia Rosales decided to remind us.
Black Imaginary to Counter Hegemony (B.I.T.C.H.) will feature some of Rosales’ new masterful paintings exploring this theme, including her now sold “The Creation of God.”
Featured Press
New York Post →
Uproar over artist’s painting of God as a black woman
BET →
This Artist Painted God as a Black Woman and Got a Lot of People Mad
Teen Vogue →
Artist Harmonia Rosales Re-Imagines "The Creation of Adam" with Black Women
Huffpost →
Artist Reimagines Michelangelo's 'Creation' Painting To Honor Black Women