Despite the gallery’s statement, @sirsargent still feels that the response hasn’t been strong enough. "I know we are in an era where people feel like they can take whatever they want and call it original and theirs, but we should remember that artists like Mickalene have taken great pain to create an aesthetic that is informed by concern, study, history and a love of black women," they wrote . "It was once a very unpopular position to take and she took it anyway. We should honor and protect the space she created for herself and black women. So for the gallery to release that lukewarm defense and some [publications] to turn...[it] into some stupid debate that gives Juergen Teller the benefit of doubt — something Mickalene would never [have] been afford[ed] if the shoe was on the other foot — is bullshit."