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HEATHER HAYNES: The painting is of an elderly couple embraced in a loving position. The woman is snuggled up to her husband, almost going to kiss him on the cheek. It s a universal symbol of love. This is an Mbuti couple who we would think of as Pygmy, traditional Pygmy indigenous people of Idjwi Island. So I ve painted them in a way that they have halos around their head, but in the form of how saints were in churches. I ve actually used 23 karat gold leaf around their heads, and then I have rays coming out from that, like you would in stained glass. And then I ve put in the natural foliage that s seen there on Idjwi Island. I see them as a culture of people that we should be looking up to, but instead, in reality, they re suffering one of the worst fates of a human being on this planet right now. ....
Pitroda Art Launches Movement: Art for Social Change and Announces Mastercard as Global Sponsor CHICAGO, May 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Pitroda Art is pleased to announce the 16 artists participating in Movement: Art for Social Change , an annual juried exhibition that celebrates artists as champions of positive social change. Selected by a renowned panel of jurors composed of Aaron Bryant, the theme of racial justice and equity. In addition, on May 20, Pitroda Art will launch an auction of the selected artworks in partnership with Mastercard on its National Urban League (NUL). Washington, D.C. (May 13), SELECTED ARTISTS Winfred Nana Amoah (Ghana). In 2020 Pitroda Art invited artists around the world to submit two-dimensional artworks tackling racial justice. The result was overwhelming: over 500 entries from 175 artists in 33 countries, and an array of powerful narratives and interpretations of Black history, racia ....