Artist
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
British, b. 1977
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye is a British Contemporary Realism artist. 5 works are cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art. Lynette Yiadom-Boakye was born in Greater London.
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye is a British painter and writer of Ghanaian heritage. She is best known for her portraits of imaginary subjects, or ones derived from found objects, which are painted in muted colours. Her work has contributed to the renaissance in painting the Black figure. Her paintings often are presented in solo exhibitions.
Collections represented
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