Memory and Self-Love Highlight Profound Portraits of Black Figures by Harmonia Rosales
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Chicago-born artist Harmonia Rosales says her striking portraits speak to “the part of me that has been the least represented in our society.” Rosales tells Colossal that much of her work—she largely features a central black figure surrounMemory and Self-Love Highlight Profound Portraits of Black Figures by Harmonia Rosales
Chicago-born artist Harmonia Rosales says her striking portraits speak to “the part of me that has been the least represented in our society.” Rosales tells Colossal that much of her work—she largely features a central black figure surrounded by floral and animalistic details—is linked to her Afro-Cuban background. “I empower women of color through art that challenges ideological hegemony in contemporary society,” she writes. “The black female bodies of my paintings are the memory of my ancestors expressed in a way to heal and promote self-love.” In “Harvest,” a seated woman holds three children, while two others gather at her bare feet. More Read more