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During this era the black arts movement was when it was considered its strongest with many agitprop art pieces that helped raise awareness of the time. artist such as Romare Bearden and Betye Saar, both showed of art pieces that were influential, as well as making African Americans stand out in there art.
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In The Block by Romare Bearden, we see Harlem through through the artists eyes, showing many people going through there daily life with bright colors showing the livlieness of the place he knows of fondly -
In the Liberation of Aunt Jemima we see the artist give a new purpose to old racist art by making aunt Jemima into a warrior brandishing a gun to take back her legacy. this is a big protest piece against racism. -
While the main era of the Black Arts Movement was considered from the 1960s-1970s, the same ideas were still thought of afterwards to not only showcase the African American community but to also protest racism. This was shown in artworks by Jean-Michel Basquiat, and David Hammons
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In this art piece we see many things but the thing that stands out are the black men shown in an art piece similar to hieroglyphics which the artist uses to show spiritual superiority of African American men. -
In the African-American Flag we see we see the American flag but with the colors of the African flag. This piece of art helps show that black people are also important to America -
going into the 2000s the messages are still used as form of protest as well as featuring more intersectionality. This shown with art pieces by Kara Walker, and Titus Kaphar
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In this painting we see the artist reclaiming or showing what the behind the scenes of this famous portrait to show a black women. This highlights the people who were not drawn during the era where the portrait was made. -
In this art piece by Kara Walker wen see a huge sculpture of what looks like a black women but shown as an Egyptian sphinx giving greater sense of power and spirituality, this also shows bits of intersectionality with the art being nude.