ブルックリン美術館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (ブルックリン美術館Instagram)「Jeff Donaldson, a major figure in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 70s, created this screenprint of his parents in the style of the AfriCOBRA group, using bright colors and symbols of Pan-African identity. Along with the Ankh at his mother’s collar and the Kente cloth pattern on his father’s suspenders, Donaldson invokes the Yorùbá deity Eshu, a god connected to chance and fate. The six-pointed star held by his mother represents a kind of crossroads, with each point showing a different path forward. In the wake of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders, Donaldson looked to his heritage for guidance while also rooting himself firmly in the political moment. He believed art could help make a path to the future, and wrote, “Look for us there, because that’s where we’re at.”⁠ ⁠ 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.⁠⁠ ⁠ Jeff Donaldson (American, 1932-2004). Victory in the Valley of Eshu, 1971. 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, 2012.80.12. © artist or artist's estate」2月28日 23時01分