ブルックリン美術館のインスタグラム(brooklynmuseum) - 2月22日 08時29分

Barbara Jones-Hogu is an artist best known for her political screen prints that combine text and images. In Relate to Your Heritage, Jones-Hogu encapsulates the aesthetic of the 1960s-70s Black Arts Movement, using bright colors to attract and relate to everyday people. She also incorporates African cultural imagery such as the Ankh (seen on the forehead of the woman to the right), which is a symbol of life originating from Ancient Egypt, and was adopted by the Black Power Movement to symbolize their connection to Africa. Jones-Hogu is remembered for contributing to the Wall of Respect on Chicago's South Side in 1967 and co-founding AfriCOBRA (The African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists). ⁠⁠
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She states, “We all noted that our work had a message: it was not fantasy or art for art’s sake, it was specific and functional by expressing statements about our existence as Black People, Therefore, we began our philosophy with functionalism… our visual statements were to be Black, positive, and direct with identification, purpose and direction.” ⁠⁠
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In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth, and in conjunction with the exhibition John Edmonds: A Sidelong Glance, we are highlighting contemporary artists in our collection whose work speaks to the complexity and beauty of Black American heritage.⁠⁠
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Barbara Jones-Hogu (American, born 1938). Relate to Your Heritage, 1971. Color screenprint. 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, 2012.80.26. © artist or artist's estate

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