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A rare use of an African-American model Statues of Plenty orBulls with Maidens or Ceres, grain and the Old World staff c. 1892–1893 A bronze version was erected in Humboldt Park, Chicago in 1912. Statues of Plenty or Bulls with Maidens or Native American Corn Goddess staff c. 1892–1893 A bronze version was erected in Humboldt Park, Chicago ...
Mask from Gabon Two Chiwara c. late 19th early 20th centuries, Art Institute of Chicago.Female (left) and male, vertical styles. Most African sculpture from regions south of the Sahara was historically made of wood and other organic materials that have not survived from earlier than a few centuries ago, while older pottery figures are found from a number of areas.
This category is for articles about African-American individuals who are notable because of their sculpture. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:American sculptors . It includes sculptors that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
Sculptures of African Americans (1 C, 100 P) Pages in category "Sculptures of Black people" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total.
May Howard Jackson (September 7, 1877 – July 12, 1931) was an African American sculptor and artist. Active in the New Negro Movement and prominent in Washington, D.C.'s African American intellectual circle in the period 1910–30, she was known as "one of the first black sculptors to...deliberately use America's racial problems" as the theme of her art. [1]
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The sculpture depicts a woman’s face with enigmatic rays streaming from her mouth, eyes and hair, evoking the many emanations of a potent female body such as speech, tears, breath and thoughts.
Therefore, the sculpture serves as the embodiment of feminine power amid a patriarchal society demanding viewers to apply a sense of respect and dignity to the female body and the Black female body as a prominent figure in the urban landscape. In Brick House, Leigh also draws on Batammaliba culture by using cowrie shells on the sculpture's head ...