Sentences with phrase «for black monolith»

His subjects for the Black Monolith series include W.E.B. Du Bois, Muhammad Ali, and Maya Angelou, among others.

Not exact matches

Sure, there are gratuitous murders by the bucketload, more deus ex machina's than you can shake a stick at and the whole black egg thing is a little too close to the 2001 - A-Space-Odyssey-bone, i.e the monoliths,,, not the mention the falling pink stars,,, which may be a metaphor for something,,, perhaps the disgracing of gay celebrities,,, I've no idea.

In ratifying a resolution to issue a moratorium on charter schools, the NAACP — despite its storied history of defending the civil rights of black and brown people in America — has made the same mistake that the majority has made about us for years: Assuming (wrongly) that black folks are a monolith.

It's a black monolith with only one button - the power switch - and two jacks, for headphones and power.

Jack Whitten, Black Monolith VIII (For Maya Angelou), 2015.

In this session, Faith Smith (Associate Professor of African and Afro - American Studies and English) will discuss Jack Whitten's Black Monolith VIII (for Maya Angelou)(2015), acquired by the museum in 2016.

WHITTEN OFTEN GAVE REVERANCE to African American intellectuals and cultural figures in his work, including his mentors for whom he made «A Salute To Norman Lewis in Red, Black, Green» (1980), «Spiral: A Dedication to R. Bearden» (1988), and «Black Monolith IV For Jacob Lawrence» (200for whom he made «A Salute To Norman Lewis in Red, Black, Green» (1980), «Spiral: A Dedication to R. Bearden» (1988), and «Black Monolith IV For Jacob Lawrence» (200For Jacob Lawrence» (2001).

From left, JACK WHITTEN, «Black Monolith IV for Jacob Lawrence,» 2001; HANK WILLIS THOMAS, «Rich Black Specimen # 460,» 2017; SANFORD BIGGERS, «Quilt # 25 (Yemanja),» 2013 Courtesy SCAD Museum of Art, Photo by Dylan Wilson

From left, Detail JACK WHITTEN, «Black Monolith IV for Jacob Lawrence,» 2001 (acrylic on canvas).

Wall texts for Thin Black Line (s) Gallery 5 Tate Britain 2011 - 2012 with links for further information Claudette Johnson born 1959 England Her early large - scale pastel drawings on paper depict black women as monoliths, larger than Black Line (s) Gallery 5 Tate Britain 2011 - 2012 with links for further information Claudette Johnson born 1959 England Her early large - scale pastel drawings on paper depict black women as monoliths, larger than black women as monoliths, larger than life.

This painting, part of Whitten's «Black Monolith» series, honors Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man, a book that parallels a story of a young black man's search for identity with «the struggle of the nation to define itself in the tumultuous years of the early Civil Rights Movement.&rBlack Monolith» series, honors Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man, a book that parallels a story of a young black man's search for identity with «the struggle of the nation to define itself in the tumultuous years of the early Civil Rights Movement.&rblack man's search for identity with «the struggle of the nation to define itself in the tumultuous years of the early Civil Rights Movement.»

For over four decades, Whitten utilized the tesserae to develop his Black Monoliths, a series of abstracted tributes to Black artists, musicians, and public figures such as Ralph Ellison, Chuck Berry, and W.E.B. Du Bois.

For over four decades, Whitten utilized the tesserae to develop his Black Monolith series.

IN ADDITION TO SHOWCASING HIS SCULPTURES, «Odyssey: Jack Whitten Sculpture, 1963 - 2016» will unite for the first time the artist's celebrated Black Monolith series, works that pay tribute to black cultural figures such as W.E.B. Du Bois, James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, John Coltrane, Ralph Ellison, and fellow artist Jacob LawrBlack Monolith series, works that pay tribute to black cultural figures such as W.E.B. Du Bois, James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, John Coltrane, Ralph Ellison, and fellow artist Jacob Lawrblack cultural figures such as W.E.B. Du Bois, James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, John Coltrane, Ralph Ellison, and fellow artist Jacob Lawrence.

Whitten's Black Monolith V Full Circle: For Leroi Jones AKA Amiri Baraka (2014) serves as a memorial to the late writer and activist, an early friend of the artist.

The exhibition also unites Whitten's Black Monoliths series for the first time to reveal how sculpture influenced his paintings.

The column for «Members leaving» resembles the black monolith from 200: A Space Odyssey, sandwiched like the centre of an Oreo cookie by the smaller white tablet representing «New members.»