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AFRICOBRA: Messages to the People: Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami | Miami, FL

Past exhibition
27 November 2018 - 24 March 2019
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Wadsworth Jarrell, Homage to a Giant, 1970
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Wadsworth Jarrell, Homage to a Giant, 1970
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Wadsworth Jarrell USA, b. 1929

Homage to a Giant, 1970
Acrylic on board
48 x 90 x 3 in
121.9 x 228.6 x 7.6 cm
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Further images

  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Sherman Beck, Star People, c. 1980/2016
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Sherman Beck, Star People, c. 1980/2016
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) Sherman Beck, Star People, c. 1980/2016
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 4 ) Sherman Beck, Star People, c. 1980/2016
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 5 ) Sherman Beck, Star People, c. 1980/2016
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 6 ) Sherman Beck, Star People, c. 1980/2016
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Painted at the height of the AFRICOBRA period, this image celebrates the life of Malcolm X, the giant to whom the title of the painting refers. We see a range...
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Painted at the height of the AFRICOBRA period, this image celebrates the life of Malcolm X, the giant to whom the title of the painting refers. We see a range of different images showing the humanity of this influential Black leader, including rare scenes with him smiling, pensively studious, laid back and cool. This picture epitomizes the philosophies that informed the foundation of AFRICOBRA, including the ideal of showing proud and positive images of Black heroes, and the ideal of capturing the complex humanity essential to the Black community, subverting the one-dimensional depictions normally associated with figures such as Malcolm X. Aesthetically, we see many formal visual strategies at work, including "Cool-Ade" colors, the use of text, the incorporation of a range of textures, and a mixture of figuration and abstract symbology.

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Provenance

Africobra50, 2019, Kavi Gupta, Chicago, IL, United States

Africobra: Nation Time, 2019, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy

Exhibitions

Exhibited, Cleveland Musuem of Art, "Heritage: Wadsworth and Jae Jarrell", 2017
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