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Gerald Williams USA, b. 1941
Untitled (Black Day Coming Uhuru), 1972Mixed media drawing on paper20 x 26 in
50.8 x 66 cm5760Copyright Gerald WilliamsIn Untitled (Black Day Is Coming Uhuru) 1972, Gerald Williams channels the radical optimism of AfriCOBRA through layered text, portraiture, and Pan-African color symbolism. The repeated phrase “Black Day is...In Untitled (Black Day Is Coming Uhuru) 1972, Gerald Williams channels the radical optimism of AfriCOBRA through layered text, portraiture, and Pan-African color symbolism. The repeated phrase “Black Day is Coming” is a declaration and a visionary call for the rise of Black liberation and cultural awakening. Paired with the word “Uhuru,” Swahili for “freedom,” the work affirms a coming era of empowerment, collective identity, and self-determination. Through dynamic typographic rhythm and expressive abstraction, Williams articulates a joyful, uncompromising vision for the future of Black consciousness.Exhibitions
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Met Breuer
AFRICOBRA 50 at Kavi Gupta
Tate Modern Brooklyn Museum
Crystal Bridges Museum of Art
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
Cleveland Museum of Art
North Miami MOCA
