Like, ‘We know better about what’s going on, but we’re just going to sip our tea.’” They would have something to say about this crazy, roller-coaster year we’ve been experiencing and pretty much have this knowing look. And I thought that’s pretty much what the Johnson family would be doing. “I looked at … what people were doing during COVID and I found a list that had the theme of a tea party. For Nelson, a graduate of New York’s Pratt Institute, they’re having the national conversation - as in, “What is happening to the world?”įor his part, the idea lent political relevance to previous key art treatments that showed the Johnsons enjoying a family activity like “riding bikes or playing Jenga,” Nelson says. Their bemused expressions invite you to wonder what they’re all thinking and talking about. The portrait, “Black-ish Tea,” depicts the stylishly dressed Johnson family on the street sipping tea out of china cups and eating macarons against a bright blue sky.
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