Beverly McIver

Art Brokerage: Beverly McIver American Artist: Beverly McIver, a native of North Carolina, is renowned for her expression-filled, emotive canvases that commemorate her life and the lives of those closest to her inparticular, her mother, Ethel, who passed away in 2004, and her sister, Renee, who is mentally disabled. McIver is widely acknowledged as a significant presence in contemporary American art, examining racial, gender, and social identities through the lens of her own experiences as an African American female artist. The history of her family, particularly the struggles surrounding her sister's disability and her mother's death, allows McIver to contemplate and illustrate the complicated emotions that arise from these situations, such as depression, frustration, tender compassion, and innocent joy. Listings wanted by Art Brokerage.