Sentences with phrase «black stereotypes»

The work of these artists bridges the gap between Black stereotypes Black and Black reality.

In the series «Ain't Jokin» (1987 - 88) and «American Icons» (1988 - 89), Weems takes on the advertising industry with parodies of black stereotypes in elegant gelatin silver prints.

In 1997, a group of older African - American artists criticized Walker for using what they considered to be black stereotypes in her art, and even tried to organize a boycott of her work.

Again, he uses another intentionally loaded turn - of - phrase: «Oreo» is a pejorative that kids use against black kids who «act white,» that is, they live outside of black stereotypes by doing anything from listening to classical music to wanting to pursue higher education.

The colored men and women at the heart of these tales feel like real people in relatable situations that discard black stereotypes.

Intelligent, highly educated, and defiantly regal, he refutes many of the negative black stereotypes.

If his stage sets hint at ludicrous black stereotypes, Titus Kaphar and Wardell Milan II look more directly for role models.

In a solo show at the Studio Museum in Harlem, one can see him refusing to embrace black stereotypes and refusing, too, to forget America's past.

For Owens, breaking boundaries means dealing with black stereotypes and realities, like the sexual predator or the janitor sweeping up — and one can not help noticing that the recipients of his kisses or of skin care, thanks to Derrick Adams's request to «preserve your sexy,» are white.

The juxtaposition invokes Saar's view of Walker's work as performing black stereotypes.

When Troy isn't condoning the multi-racial proposals for Parker / Armstrong, and walking arm - in - arm with his girlfriend, Kurt's lily - white sister, Sophie (Brittany Curran), he's hiding out in his bathroom smoking pot, a substance Simien frequently uses as the ultimate signifier of black stereotypes.

features SKG's group exhibition, Refraction: New Photography of Africa and Its Diaspora and discusses the complex link between black stereotypes and black reality.

Think of «Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song» and «Shaft,» though because of pressure by black groups like the NAACP and the Urban League believed that black stereotypes were given too much play, the genre died out.

Kara Walker covers walls with black silhouettes of black stereotypes, at once eerie and comic, if without the challenging pornographic overtones of her version now on display in San Francisco.

His large - scale paintings — combining rippling dots of paint, drifts of glitter, collaged images, and most famously, elephant dung — work together in the service of a complex narrative about African culture, black stereotypes, history, and exoticism.

JS: Your early work dealt with imagery of black stereotypes.