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mikki but in art history mode 🖼
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🌃 mikki | 24 | they/she | @mitheal.net's art history account. i specialize in black art history of the 20th century! i share my own and others' commentary on works and art spaces. open to work and internships. :)
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my icon right now might or might not be temporary but it's of Aaron Douglas's "Defiance" print from the The Emperor Jones series, and my banner is of his canvas painting "Aspiration." He's one of my favorites stylistically!
Aaron Douglas's piece, "Defiance," as part of his Emperor Jones series. A black and white block print of a man in a uniform, standing with his legs slightly bent and aiming a gun towards the left. He stands above a layer of water with two fishes swimming in the opposite direction he faces, while foliage and large, bold black bolts surround his sides and above him, respectively. Aaron Douglas's canvas painting, "Aspiration." Three figures are positioned on a pedestal and look towards the background, with the middle figure pointing towards a built metropolis above a mountain. A star is brightly lit in the middle right, illuminating the background and the figures. Each figure hold tools of the trade or sciences. In the shadowed foreground, hands cuffed with chains are held up to the audience's view.
January 19, 2026 at 11:17 PM