Amy Sherald

by Erin Christovale

This is the first monograph on Baltimore artist Amy Sherald (born 1973), and coincides with her first solo museum show at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis. Sherald, best known for her stunning and iconic portrait of Michelle Obama, makes paintings of African Americans she encounters on the street, in the grocery store or on the bus. "When I choose my models," the artist has said, "it's something that only I can see in that person, in their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0988997096
• ISBN13: 9780988997097
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.9" x 9.8"