š¼ #ArtIsAWeapon āI Only Have A Minute, 60 Seconds In Itā¦ Portrait of the Honorable Elijah Cummings.ā 2021. Oil on canvas 48 x 36 #Artist #JerrellGibbs @jerrellgibbs
Reposted from @baltimoremuseumofart Congressman Elijah E. Cummingsā official portrait will be on view to the public through January 9, 2022 at #ArtBMA, before being permanently installed in the U.S. Capitol. Schedule a free, timed-entry www.artbma.org.
Commissioned by Maya Rockeymoore Cummings @mayarcummings and painted by Baltimore-based artist Jerrell Gibbs, this portrait serves to honor Cummingsā many achievements and lifelong commitment to his home city of Baltimore. The painting is inspired by Baltimore-based photographer Justin T. Gellersonās image of Cummings, which is featured on the cover for Cummingsās biography, āWeāre Better than This: My Fight for the Future of Our Democracy."ā ā Image courtesy of Jerrell Gibbs and Mariane Ibrahim @jerrellgibbs.
ā¢ ā¢ ā¢ Painter of Elijah Cummings Portrait Finds Itās a Career-Changer The Baltimore artist Jerrell Gibbs was commissioned to paint Marylandās late Representative. The official portrait will be installed at the U.S. Capitol. - https://nyti.ms/32KQOtl
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