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Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
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via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
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rycz: “If I had a black light, this place would look like a Jackson Pollock...
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