We Speak the Souls of Ancestors, Black History Month Art Exhibit

We Speak the Souls of Ancestors

Black History Month Art Exhibit

Feb 2013

I know this is a bit of a late update but it is always interesting to witness art created through historic references and how each artist deals with the subject. Some look towards  african motifs, patterns, statues, while some use historic references that occurred in the USA and the African American culture.

This exhibit was not only interesting by the variety of art work that African Americans artists are creating today, but also in regards to how the art was placed.  Some artists were combined with each other through media, some through meaning and some through type or historic reference.

What do you think?

Provide some feedback and opinions as you check out the featuring artworks by:
Akili Anderson, Osereime Aimua, Anne Bouie, Sharon Farmer, Rik Freeman, Vaimoana Niumeitolu, Ellington Robinson, Wilmer Wilson IV

 

Akili Ron Anderson: Akuaba, Fiberglass, Bondo, Wood

 Osereime Aimua: Wise, Mixed Media

 Anne Boule: Earth Shield, Mixed Media

Wilmer Wilson: Henry Box Brown Part 3

Skin of stamps

Photograph of Performance

Both placed next to each other to reference the historic inspiration of the the art. 

Elizabeth Catlett

Roots, Silkscreen 

Ellington Robinson

Track #88

Rik Freeman

A liberated de Maria Felipe, 2011

Oil on Canvas

 

both placed next to each other to showcase the time difference and the style each artist has used to portray a similar theme. 

 

Jacob Lawrence

Revolt on Amistad, 1989

Silkscreen

Akili Ron Anderson

Wood, Fiberglass, Bondo

 

Anne Boule

Earth Shield, Mixed Media

Osereime Aimua

Release

Mixed Media

 

Ellington Robinson

Unscrambling of Africa

Found Objects, Mixed Media

Cynthia Sands

Fufu Pounding Sticks 2009

Osereime Aimua

Facilitator, Mixed Media

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