AAPI Women Who Made History | Bernice Bing
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Published 2021-08-31
[] Sources
1. [Content warning: parent d34th, d34th in prison, orphan 4bus3]:
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-overlooked-abstract-expressionist-bernice-bing-searched-identity-painting ;
2. [Content warning: being orphaned]: https://education.asianart.org/resources/bernice-bing/ ;
3. [Content warning: parent d34th, m4ss4cre, d34th caused by cancer]: https://oaklandtech.com/staff/centennial/2015/03/14/bernice-bing-55/ ;
4. [Content warning: racist laws, being orphaned, child 4bus3, vi0lence, possibly other potentially disturbing topics]: https://queerculturalcenter.org/flowongonbing/ ;
5. A thesis by Lin Ma (the reason I am not including a content warning nor a link is that I have not yet read the entirety of the paper);
6. Image credits: the images are from a search browser and pages about Bernice Bing; the paintings are by Bernice Bing.
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Image 1 (thumbnail): Black-and-white photo of Bernice Bing sitting on a chair looking towards the viewer, with her right foot planted on the chair itself and her left leg dangling.
Image 2 (first slide): Black-and-white photo of Bernice Bing lying on the floor in front of a painting, her chin resting on her right hand.
Image 3 (second slide): Black-and-white photo of Bernice Bing sitting on what appears to be a rocking chair and looking towards the viewer.
Image 4 (third slide): "Vital Energy" (1986) by Bernice Bing, an abstract painting in which dynamic-looking red, yellow, and black brushstrokes merge.
Image 5 (fourth slide): Black-and-white photo of Bernice Bing on a ladder, splattered in paint and looking towards the viewer.
Image 6 (fifth slide): "Cosmic Gap #1" (1990) by Bernice Bing, an abstract painting of blue and black brush strokes on a bright white-yellow background with a dark blue rectangle (which should be the "gap") in the center.
Image 7 (sixth slide): "A Lady and a Road Map" (1963) by Bernice Bing, an abstract painting in which there are blocks of yellow, blue, and green color.
Image 8 (seventh slide): White-and-black photo of Bernice Bing, older than in the other photos, apparently crouching before one of her works.
Gallery images: alt text in the "Instructions" section.