▁painting , ▁“ Black b elt ”. ▁ ▁Crit iques ▁ ▁Many ▁people ▁have ▁crit iqu ed ▁both ▁Mot ley ▁and ▁other ▁artists ▁paint ings ▁from ▁the ▁Har lem ▁and ▁Chicago ▁Black ▁Renaissance . ▁One ▁reason ▁being ▁that ▁they ▁believe ▁that ▁Mot ley ▁ex agger ated ▁features ▁of ▁African ▁Americans . ▁  In ▁“ The ▁Li ar ,” ▁the ▁ex agger ation ▁critics ▁comment ▁on ▁are ▁perhaps ▁the ▁lips ▁and ▁how ▁big ▁they ▁are , ▁playing ▁into ▁the ▁s tere ot ypes ▁of ▁how ▁certain ▁people ▁thought ▁of ▁African ▁Americans . ▁Additionally , ▁it ▁is ▁thought ▁that ▁this ▁ex agger ation ▁was ▁meant ▁to ▁appeal ▁to ▁a ▁certain ▁audience . ▁This ▁was ▁the ▁white ▁audience ▁who ▁during ▁this ▁time ▁period ▁were ▁the ▁main ▁pat rons ▁during ▁the ▁Chicago ▁Black ▁Renaissance . ▁He ▁implemented ▁certain ▁car ic ature ▁and ▁s tere ot ypes ▁in ▁his ▁paint ings ▁to ▁extend ▁to ▁this ▁wider ▁range ▁of ▁artists . ▁By ▁playing ▁into ▁these ▁s tere ot ypes , ▁it ▁could ▁be ▁seen ▁as ▁problem atic ▁as ▁he ▁was ▁enfor cing ▁s tere ot ypes ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁generalized ▁by ▁the ▁white ▁public . ▁However , ▁on ▁the ▁other ▁hand ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁black ▁artist ▁painting ▁these ▁elements ▁and ▁in ▁a ▁way ▁could ▁be ▁seen ▁as ▁rec laim ing ▁the ▁black ▁identity . ▁ ▁How ▁Mot ley ▁contributed ▁to ▁Chicago ▁Black ▁Renaissance ▁ ▁The ▁Har lem ▁Renaissance ▁is ▁recognized ▁as ▁the ▁movement ▁that ▁originally ▁popular ized ▁black ▁art ▁and ▁gave ▁black ▁artists ▁a ▁name . ▁Al ong ▁with