Lorna Simpson’s Black American Sublime

An exhibition at The Met positions Black history in the Romantic tradition, but the large scale of these paintings can undercut their impact.

Lorna Simpson’s Black American Sublime
Lorna Simpson, "For Beryl Wright" (2021), ink and screenprint on two gessoed fiberglass panels, 75 1/2 x 118 inches (~1.9 x 2 meters) (© Lorna Simpson; photo by James Wangall, courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth, all other photos Julia Curl/Hyperallergic)