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There are good years and there are banner years. Harold Smith is having a banner year. And 2022 isn’t over yet.Smith is best known for his dynamic, expressionist, full-frontal portraits of Black men. He increasingly incorporates collage in his powerful, painterly works, inspired by what he describes as “my personal exploration of the complex, chaotic and multi-layered experience of men of color in America.”

There are good years and there are banner years. Harold Smith is having a banner year. And 2022 isn’t over yet. 

Smith is best known for his dynamic, expressionist, full-frontal portraits of Black men. He increasingly incorporates collage in his powerful, painterly works, inspired by what he describes as “my personal exploration of the complex, chaotic and multi-layered experience of men of color in America.”