CLARITY HAYNES
Haynes is known for painting large scale realist portraits of torsos. The artist lovingly depicts subjects with tattoos, surgeries, hormones, and jewelry. These paintings are more than portraits, they are visual anatomical archives of a subjects history. Haynes describes the body as a glorious altar of flesh and many of the paintings depict breasts with nipples. These are clearly paintings and should be allowed under Instagram’s current policy, however to this day Haynes’ works are still flagged.
Haynes has had posts removed, accounts erased, and is currently Shadow Banned. She finds the Shadow Ban particularly frustrating. For instance, while promoting her recent show Haynes was Shadow Banned after posting just two photos. This throttling of ones connection to others is especially brutal during an exhibition, the most important time for an artist to promote their work.
READ HAYNES ESSAY ON HER EXPERIENCE WITH SOCIAL MEDIA CENSORSHIP
IMAGE CREDIT: Grace, oil on linen on board, 17" x 22", 2018, Sara Morning Starr, oil on canvas, 18" x 18", 2019, Davi, oil on canvas, 18" x 18", 2019. All Images Courtesy The Artist.