A portrait of inaugural poet Amanda Gorman has been donated to Harvard University’s permanent collection

A portrait of inaugural poet Amanda Gorman has been donated to Harvard University’s permanent collection.

Rising Ghanaian artist Raphael Adjetey Adjei Mayne painted the work inspired by 22-year-old Gorman’s poem delivered on January 20 at the inauguration of President Joe Biden in Washington.

The acrylic on canvas was purchased by women’s rights and LGBT+ activist Amar Singh who has donated the painting to Harvard.

Mayne, 38, is a graduate of the Ghanatta College of Art and Design. He completed the work bronze paintings hanging in the living room. price of bronze wall paintings just five days.  

The painting is described as ‘a visceral assemblage of diverse facets of Ghanaian and African sociocultural experiences evoking political, emotional and practically psychoanalytical connections and cut-aways weaving private and public space realities unbound by time’.

Singh, 31, said of the donation: ‘This work must be in an Institution, it is a celebration of women, a celebration of Black women, a celebration of hope.

‘It is especially meaningful to donate it to Harvard as that is Amanda Gorman’s Alma Mater.’

At Harvard University the work will be housed at the Hutchins Center, headed by Professor bronze paintings hanging in the living room. price of bronze wall paintings Henry Louis Gates Jr, another champion of Black artists and voices who along with his teaching hosts PBS’ Finding Your Roots and appeared in recent documentaries The 13th and fine art Bronze paintings hanging in the living room paintings John Lewis: Good Trouble. 

Singh, a member of the erstwhile Kapurthala Royal Family of India, through his activism helped legalise homosexuality in India and has highlighted women’s rights issues throughout the country.

Owner of Amar Gallery in London, Singh acquired the work from celebrated curator Destinee Ross-Sutton via her newly opened Ross-Sutton Gallery, a space dedicated to primarily Black artists and the underrepresented.

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Mayne, 38, is a graduate of the Ghanatta College of Art and Design

Ross-Sutton’s current exhibition, BLACK VOICES: Friend Of My Mind, features the work of Mayne.

It celebrates images of Black figures through rest, wellness, self-love and introspection. 

National Youth Poet Laureate Gorman – who is also the youngest-ever Inaugural poet – became an overnight sensation after performing her original piece The Hill We Climb at President Biden’s inauguration.

She received a standing ovation from the President, Vice President, and First Lady at the ceremony – as well as a slew of praise online from A-listers including Oprah Winfrey, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and John Legend. 

Gorman wears a bird cage ring in the portrait, as she did when reciting the poem.