Explosions of color signify a landscape, real or imagined
Dr. Shawnya L. Harris
Explosions of color signify a landscape, real or imagined
Richard Mayhew, Indigenous Spiritual Space
Lewis leaves behind the figure for abstracted fragments at the end of World War II
Norman Lewis, Untitled
Lewis leaves behind the figure for abstracted fragments at the end of World War II
Norman Lewis, Untitled
A dream-like flooded landscape—does is suggest bleakness or hope?
Eldzier Cortor, Southern Landscape
A dream-like flooded landscape—does is suggest bleakness or hope?
Eldzier Cortor, Southern Landscape
Charles Sebree expresses his inner self in The Mystic.
Representing the inner self: Charles Sebree’s The ...
Charles Sebree expresses his inner self in The Mystic.
Charles Sebree, The Mystic
Delaney celebrates the famous opera singer Marian Anderson as a modern icon of Black excellence and civil rights
A modern icon: Beauford Delaney’s Marian Anderson
Delaney celebrates the famous opera singer Marian Anderson as a modern icon of Black excellence and civil rights
Beauford Delaney, Marian Anderson
Is the bird real or imagined?
Thelma Streat, Girl with Bird
Is the bird real or imagined?
Thelma Streat, Girl with Bird
Taking the name from Toni Morrison's debut novel, this painting's figures and scenes show the clash of innocence and the adult violence of bigotry and hatred
Stefanie Jackson, Bluest Eye
This swaying juke joint belies its purpose as the central meeting place enlivened by music and dance in many African American communities, but its jubilance is tempered by the painting's ominous atmosphere
A Memphis juke joint
This swaying juke joint belies its purpose as a central meeting place enlivened by music and dance in many African American communities.
Vertis Hayes, Juke Joint
Taking its name from Toni Morrison's debut novel, this painting shows the clash of innocence and the adult violence of bigotry and hatred.
Stefanie Jackson, Bluest Eye
A horrifying painting of racial violence that can help us see where we are and where we need to be in terms of tolerance and empathy
Vertis Hayes, The Lynchers
A horrifying painting of racial violence that can help us see where we are and where we need to be in terms of tolerance and empathy
Vertis Hayes, The Lynchers
These fascinating spiritual figures became prime targets for the ire of Christian missionaries in the 19th century.
Power Figure (Nkisi Nkondi), Kongo peoples
Mutu uses collage as a medium for exploring being African and female.
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