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The Flip Your Wig board game, released in 1964 by Milton Bradley, was a Beatles-themed game created at the height of Beatlemania. The game catered to the massive popularity of the band, especially among young fans, and featured imagery and themes tied to the Fab Four. Continue reading The Beatles’ Flip Your Wig Board Game
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Jarvis Boyland’s sensitive paintings conjure feelings of intimacy and leisure. In Pop Out (2019) — the title being a Chicago-based expression for hanging out — the artist depicts himself standing alongside an artist friend, both dressed in lustrous outfits and meeting the viewer’s gaze. The stand in a lived-in space with arms interlocked, exuding a familiarity that confirms their comfort in each other’s presence. It is as much a portrait of their relationship as it is of them as individuals, echoing Borland’s broader portrayals of queer Black people in domestic settings.
Photographed in the Brooklyn Museum as Part of the Exhibit Giants: Art From The Dean Collection.
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In Because Every Hair is Different (2005), Marlene Haring explores hair as a physical marker of femininity and desirability. Embodying the notion that long, fine blonde hair is the quintessence of Eurocentric (or white supremacist) feminine beauty standards to its extreme, Haring transforms herself into a surrealistic figure covered in flowing extensions. The abundant hair not only obscures the sitter, but also alludes to the continual investment of time and money to haircare and appearance demanded by popular beauty standards.
Photographed in The Brooklyn Museum
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The Locus Solas Sun Lounger chair designed by Gae Aulenti in 1965 and manufactured by Poltronova is an iconic piece of mid-20th-century furniture design. Aulenti, an Italian architect and designer renowned for her versatile and innovative approach to design, created this chair during a period when modernism was embracing bold and experimental forms.
Continue reading Eye On Design: Locus Solus Sun Lounger Designed by Gae Aulenti
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According to artist Amy Sherald (b. 1973), she paints “Black people doing stuff.” Her committment to uplifting the everyday experiences of Black communities can be seen in Deliverance (2022), in which she paints Baltimore-based figures on dirt bikes in the manner of lofty equestrian portraits. Sherald appropriates the style of portraiture historically reserved for elite white sitters to glorify the bike culture of her chosen home. Caught in mid-air, her subjects lean back as if on a rearing horse, defying the laws of physics.
Photographed in the Brooklyn Museum as Part of the Exhibit Giants: Art From The Dean Collection.