Highlight in The Washington Post

So, I told you that I got a little blurb in The Washington Post?
No?
Well, I did!
Unfortunately it was in the middle of a pretty negative review.

Philip Kennicott wrote a review of the Art for Obama book that features two paintings by myself.

Kennicot trashes the book saying, “It is a catalogue of celebratory art, of smiles and hope and change, and somehow, it leaves you with a hollow, panicky feeling in the gut.”

But, along the way he highlights my painting, “Is He Black Enough?” as one of the images that positively stood out:

Even the occasional interesting image, such as Tatyana Fazlalizadeh’s wry comment on race and the “black enough?” debate, suffers from juxtaposition with the hackwork, throwing off all the irony detectors.

I think that’s fairly great.

I mean…

…given the context of the article.

Me standing next to “Is He Black Enough?” and “Kenyan-American” at the hanging of Manifest Hope:DC