Those contexts — of American military interventions; dictatorships in Brazil, Chile, and elsewhere; and the rise of Black Power movements around the world — inspired artists like Anna Maria Maiolino and Victoria Santa Cruz, two of the most compelling creators in the show, to radicalize modern art to political ends. (villagevoice.com)
Black panthers, emblems of the American black power movement of the 1960s, and azabache, stones carved into fists and worn in Latin American cultures to protect from evil spirits, are embedded in the painted cloth. (kemperart.org)
Many blaxploitation films take this same storyline as positive reinforcement of the late 1960s Black Power movement. (clothesonfilm.com)