This artist withdrew her solo show “American Sublime” from the National Gallery shortly after the gallery’s attempt to remove her depiction of the Statue of Liberty modeled after transgender artist Arewa Basit. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this artist of Trans Forming Liberty. This artist’s double portrait of two black women in bathing suits sold for nearly 4.2 million dollars in 2021.
ANSWER: Amy Sherald
[10e] In another Sherald painting, a woman with this surname is depicted with a Mondrian-like dress and gray skin. A painting of a person with this surname depicts the subject in front of chrysanthemums and is by Kehinde Wiley.
ANSWER: Obama [accept Barack Obama or Barack Hussein Obama II; accept Michelle Obama or Michelle Robinson Obama or Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama]
[10m] Sherald studied under a member of this movement who created a set of paintings titled Oranges. Grace Hartigan was a member of this movement, whose women artists were documented in the book Ninth Street Women.
ANSWER: abstract expressionism [or Ab-Ex; prompt on New York School]
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