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Charles White: Headlines
“…that was the impact Charles White had on you. You should always be engaged with history. You should always be engaged with the politics of your time. And if you’re not doing it directly, certainly to always make sure that was present in people’s consciousness, that they understood something about history. And that your work should be in the service of helping to dignify people.” –Kerry James Marshall on his former teacher and mentor Charle White
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[Credit: Charles White. “Headlines.” 1944. Ink, gouache, and newspaper on board. Collection of William M. and Elisabeth M. Landes. © The Charles White Archives]
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Charles White: Beyond Images of Dignity | MoMA LIVE
Join artist Kerry James Marshall for a conversation on the technical virtuosity, visual strategies, and changing reception of the work of his former teacher and mentor Charles White.
School of Beauty, School of Culture, Kerry James Marshall, 2012
Acrylic on canvas
108 x 158 in. (274.32 x 401.32 cm)
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Black Lexicon: What “Afrofuturism” Means (LISTEN)
Black Lexicon: What “Afrofuturism” Means (LISTEN)
by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson)
In today’s Daily Drop, we explore the term “Afrofuturism” and its origin. To read about it and see links to sources, read on. To hear about it, press PLAY:
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This painting depicts the apartment of Fred Hampton, an African American activist and the chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party. Kerry James Marshall captures Hampton asleep in bed just before he was shot and killed in an early morning raid by officers from the Chicago Police Department on December 4, 1969.
The painting—at its very core—epitomizes darkness. Composed of shades of black acrylic paint on black fiberglass, the painting is at first nearly indecipherable, revealing itself as your eyes slowly adjust. Asleep in bed, Hampton is depicted as a near invisible man… Hampton’s fiancée and fellow Black Panther, Akua Njeri, pregnant with their first child, has propped herself up in bed, her head turned as if listening.
Does she hear police officers collecting outside their door? Is this the moment before the first shots were fired?
With Black Painting, Marshall positions himself as both artist and archivist, using blackness as both medium and subject matter. The raid, which produced no police indictments, was one of the most controversial events to take place during the Civil Rights Movement.
Black Painting by Kerry James Marshall, at the Met
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Julie Dash Tells the Story Behind the Making of ‘Daughters of the Dust’ on Vogue Video
Um, how did I not know that Kerry James Marshall was the production designer on Daughters of the Dust?
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Kerry James Marshall,Drawing (Two Heads) (Study for Vignette), 2005, ink on board, 20 x 15 in.
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