This painting is about self-examination related to ethno-kitsch and exoticism. I wanted to explore how the scale tips back and forth for artists of color like me. The work is also inspired by Norman Rockwell’s “Triple Self-Portrait” (1960).

This painting is about self-examination related to ethno-kitsch and exoticism. I wanted to explore how the scale tips back and forth for artists of color like me. The work is also inspired by Norman Rockwell’s “Triple Self-Portrait” (1960).