‘It’s Like a Hidden Language’: Afro-Surrealist Artist Creates Black Meme Inspired Paintings - The New York Beacon

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‘It’s Like a Hidden Language’: Afro-Surrealist Artist Creates Black Meme Inspired Paintings - The New York Beacon

Black internet memes have developed a life of their own, and as Afro-surrealist artist Alim Smith, 31, says, popular Black memes embody unspoken language the Black community can easily understand. “Somebody outside the culture could see these same pictures and just see pictures, but we […]

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