#African American Art

[jareckiworld]

Noah Purifoy (1917-2004)—Sir Watts II [sculpture, assemblage, 1996]

[miamaimania]

Kerry James Marshall's 'Vignette', acrylic / fiberglass, 2003

[the-cricket-chirps]

Betye Saar, Rojo Toro, 1964

Betye Saar, The Beast that Pounds the Devil's Dust, 1964

[389]

HIGH NOON by Kadir Nelson

[nancydrewwouldnever]

Joyce J. Scott, Three Generation Quilt I, 1983, mixed media (Artist's Collection)

[taf-art]

When Frustration Threatens Desire (1990). Kerry James Marshall.

[nemfrog]

Quilt. Cotton and synthetic metallic knit. 85 × 77 in. (215.9 × 195.6 cm). Nettie Jane Kennedy. ca. 1955.

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

[piroshky]

Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon, 2000. 

[image-junkie]

Aesthetics of Funk - Crocheted mandalas by Xenobia Bailey

Xenobia Bailey is a trash alchemist, a single stitch, urban crochet aficionado, designer, artist and community activist, whose practice industrializes the visual aesthetic of “Cosmic-Funk,” practiced by African-American homemakers since Emancipation, into utilitarian “Funktional” design. Media exposure ranges from an Absolut advertisement to a design consultancy with Disney World, and a subway mosaic commission from the MTA in New York. She has shown internationally, with such institutions as Creative Time, the Sharjah Art Foundation, and numerous U.S. Embassies. Her work is held by numerous museums, as well as in academic, corporate, public and private collections.

[louandlillie]

A recent piece from wood that's been sitting in my shed since 2016 or so.

[scarlett-bitch69]

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[jareckiworld]

Charles McGee (1924-2021) — Color Modules [acrylic on canvas, 1971]

[aiartwerk]

Bedtime Story

[the-cricket-chirps]

Betye Saar

House of Tarot

1960

MoMA New York

[afrodytis]

Annie Lee,Blue Monday

[fyblackwomenart]

"Carmen Portrait" by Tamara Downes