Band of Vices is honored to announce three major acquisitions on behalf of Contemporary artist, Chelle Barbour… . Bank of America recently added to its esteemed Bank of America Art Collection, MORPHED BEAUTY, by Chelle Barbour. Through its Art in our Communities initiative, museums and nonprofit galleries may borrow complete exhibitions at no cost from the Bank of America Art Collection offering the public the opportunity to see important works of art while at the same time generating vital revenue for these institutions. . Since 2009, more than 140 museums worldwide have borrowed exhibitions through their Art in our Communities®. . . . The Seavest Collection, founded by world-renown collector Rick Segal, recently acquired Chelle Barbour’s THE BLUEST EYE and DON’T GET IT TWISTED. The Seavest Collection, a privately held group of contemporary artworks encompasses more than 1,000 works of contemporary art: all of them made in one or another of the many strains of realism, with the majority created by American artists. A great many of the notable painters and sculptors who have been committed to representational art over the past three decades are now represented in the collection. Nevertheless, the collection does not claim to be a survey of contemporary realism, let alone a comprehensive one. Rather, it is the outgrowth of a personal, intuitive engagement with contemporary art. . Mr. Segal offers: The works that first moved me were the ones that seemed to offer (in Robert Frost’s words) “a momentary stay against confusion.” If a painting felt right to me, it focused the eye and mind and filled me with the peace that comes from understanding. The many different paths toward that understanding are the subject of the Seavest Collection. . . . MORPHED BEAUTY, mixed media on paper (from the personal studio of Jacob Lawrence), 20X16, 2018. . THE BLUEST EYE, mixed media on paper (from the personal studio of Jacob Lawrence), 30x20, 2018. This painting in currently headed to The Oakland Museum of CA before its final home. . DON’T GET IT TWISTED, mixed media on paper (from the personal studio of Jacob Lawrence), 30x20, 2018. . #ChelleBarbour #AfroSurrealism #BandofVices (at Band of Vices) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEag2iRFuq6/?igshid=oabrzmoodt5q