ブルックリン美術館のインスタグラム(brooklynmuseum) - 7月29日 10時26分

In 1974, Stevie Wonder’s hit single “You Haven’t Done Nothin’” emerged just two days before Richard Nixon announced his resignation of office. The song houses charged lyrics, vocal accompaniment from the Jackson 5, and instrumental influence from Funk, Jazz, and West African percussion. Such aggregate musical forms heavily influenced artists like Napoleon Jones-Henderson whose weavings and screenprints are self-described as “visual music.” This 1976 screenprint by Jones-Henderson is layered with Black pride references, seen in the tri-color pyramid––a reference to the Pan-African flag. The star-like figures can intend to depict the Ku Klux Klan who was violently against school desegregation and affirmative action in the 1970s. Jones-Henderson inserts Wonder’s lyrics at the center of the print, while an equally impactful statement is inserted at the far left: a play on The Pledge of Allegiance, Henderson writes “For Which It Stands, It Shall Fall.” Both artists encourage us to question: can the most marginalized communities trust the words of those in power? #reflectionsonliberty⁠⠀
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Napoleon Jones-Henderson (American, born 1943). A Few Words From the Prophet Stevie, 1976. Screenprint on paper. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of R.M. Atwater, Anna Wolfrom Dove, Alice Fiebiger, Joseph Fiebiger, Belle Campbell Harriss, and Emma L. Hyde, by exchange, Designated Purchase Fund, Mary Smith Dorward Fund, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, and Carll H. de Silver Fund, 2012.80.22. © artist or artist's estate

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