Michelangelo Lovelace Sr.: A Visionary Voice of Urban Black Life Michelangelo Lovelace Sr., born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1960, was an American artist whose poignant sketches and bold paintings captured the essence of urban black life—a perspective rarely explored with such unflinching honesty. His work gained increasing acclaim and critical praise, establishing him as one of Cleveland’s most important artists and a leading figure within…