People thought #DaddyWillSaveUs was satire; it was, instead, the dismayingly self-serious House of Trump Art.
Author Archives: John Sherman
John Sherman is a writer and copy editor in Brooklyn. He has written for BOMB Magazine online, The Billfold, The Daily Dot, Brooklyn Magazine, and The L. He's on Twitter.
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Longing for Keith Haring’s Lighthearted Penises
It may seem unusual to uphold a book of penis drawings as a significant art-historical moment, but Manhattan Penis Drawings for Ken Hicks creates an unignorable link between Haring’s early work and his homosexuality.
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How the Identity Politics of ‘Empire’ Play Out on Its Walls
Not 10 minutes into the pilot episode of Fox’s TV drama Empire, Kehinde Wiley’s bright yellow portrait “Prince Albert, Prince Consort of Queen Victoria” looms into view above the dining room table where the men of the Lyon family are gathered.