Artist Jade Yasmeen is taking the center spotlight for her recent unveiling of the first hyper-realistic pictorial of abolitionist Harriet Tubman. The Los Angeles-based artist created a 70x60 oil canvas painting of the antislavery activist making it a part of the Aku World exhibit at the Art Basel event in Miami, Because of Them We Can reports . Entitled, "The Pain Below," Yasmeen detailed her excitement for the surreal moment in her Instagram post. "Well. This feels unreal," she said. "I’m standing next to the first hyper-realistic portrait of Harriet Tubman in COLOR! @artbasel Miami 2021. Funny enough it also so happens to be painted by me." Her reasoning for creating the portrait of Tubman, she said "was a way to commemorate the past." “Our ancestry is so rich and deserves to be preserved,” the hyper-realism artist said. “That’s my goal as an artist. To continue the legacy of those that came before myself and others. This is a moment in time I’ll never forget.” View this post on...
