Slide Images for November 11

Aunt Jemima and the Pillsbury Doughboy

Jeff Donaldson

1963

Revolutionary Suit

Jae Jarrell

1970

Blaxploitation 

Superfly

George Parks, Jr.

1972

Foxy Brown

Jack Hill

1974

Scream Blacula Scream

Bob Kelljan

1973

Flag for the Moon: Die Nigger

Faith Ringgold

1969

 Injustice Case

David Hammons

1970

 The Liberation of Aunt Jemima

Betye Saar

1972

Homage to My Young Black Sisters

Elizabeth Catlett

1968

Family Jules: NNN (No Naked Niggahs)

Barkley L. Hendricks

1974 

Brilliantly Endowed (Self-Portrait)

Barkley L. Hendricks

1977

Terms of the Day for November 11

• Protest Art – a broad term that refers to creative works that concern or are produced by activists and social movements.
• AfriCOBRA – (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists) a collective of African American artists in Chicago that specifically took on the goal of creating a new revolutionary black aesthetic. 
• Exploitation Film –  an informal label which may be applied to any film which is generally considered to be both low budget and of low moral or artistic merit, and therefore apparently attempting to gain financial success by "exploiting" a current trend or a niche genre or a base desire for lurid subject matter.
• Blaxploitation Film –  a film genre which emerged in the United States in the 1970s aimed at an urban black audience.  These films were often low-budget, had majority African American casts, and used funk music and urban slang of the time.  They were often criticized for perpetuating stereotypes.

Slide Images for November 9

 The “Little Rock Nine” students integrated into the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, escorted by soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division

1959

 Cover of Time Magazine

September 27, 1963

 Governor George Wallace attempting to block integration at the University of Alabama by standing in the door.

June 11, 1963

 Martin Luther King, Jr.

1929-1968 (assassinated)

Malcom X

1925-1965 (assassinated)

 Examples of Civil Disobedience

Examples of Confrontation & Self Defense

 Prevalence of Ritual: Mysteries

Romare Bearden

1964

Three Folk Musicians

Romare Bearden

1967

 Three Musicians

Pablo Picaso

1921

Rocket to the Moon

Romare Bearden

1971

 The Dance

Emilio Cruz

1962

 Red Azaleas Singing and Dancing Rock and Roll Music

Alma Thomas

1976

 Swing

Sam Gilliam

1969

Arch

Sam Gilliam

1971

Terms of the Day for November 9

• The African-American Civil Rights Movement – a collection of social movements in the United States whose goal was to end racial segregation and discrimination against black Americans and enforce constitutional voting rights to them.  The movement was most active during a period from 1955-68.
• Spiral – a collective of AfricanAmerican artists initially formed by Romare Bearden, Charles Alston, Norman Lewis, and Hale Woodruff on July 5, 1963. The artists in the group were moved to come together and discuss their own engagement in the struggle for civil rights, even though each found engagement in a different way. 
• Washington Color School – a Washington, DC-based visual art movement of the late 1950s through the mid-1970s which was related  to abstract expressionism but made attempts to be much more minimal and structured than abstract expressionism.  Members of the movement referred to themselves as “Colorists”.

Islam: Empire of Faith. Part 1: Prophet Muhammad and the Rise of Islam

Slide Images for September 23

 Jeweled Malay Tobacco Box

Trengganu, Malaysia

18th Century

 Batik, with “megamendung” (cloud motif) design

Cirebon

Mid-20th century

 Head and Shoulder Cloth

Jambi

Mid-20th century

Head Cloth

Jambi

19th century

 Opening Pages of an Illuminated Qur’an Manuscript

Northern Sumatra

Early 19th century

 Serat Selarasa

Java

1804

 Barungs

Philippines

19th century

Gold Keris

Indonesia

19th century

Terms of the Day for September 23

• Batik – a technique of decorating textiles by applying wax to resist dye.
• Barung –  a thick, leaf-shaped, single-edged blade sword. It is a weapon used by Islamic tribes in the Southern Philippines.
• Keris – an asymmetrical dagger most strongly associated with cultures of Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.  It is famous for its distinctive wavy blade and elaborate decoration.

Slide Images for September 21

 A Gateway at Sendang Duwur

East Java

1585

 Taman Sari

 Yogyakarta

1765

 Traditional Mosque with Tiered Roof

Palopo, Sulawesi

 Masjid Agung

Banten

1556

Jami Masjid

Kuala Lumpur

1897

Terms of the Day for September 21

• Islam – a monotheistic religion articulated by the Qur'an.  The religion is based on submission to a single, indivisible God (Allah), whose Prophet, Mohammad, lived in the 6th and 7th centuries AD.
• Qur’an – meaning “the recitation”, the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims believe to be the verbatim word of Allah. It is regarded widely as the finest piece of literature in the Arabic language.
• Balai – a central public hall or meeting house found in many Malay and Indonesian villages which were often converted for Muslim worship.
• Mosque – a place of worship for followers of Islam.
• Minaret - the tall slender tower of an Islamic mosque, from which an announcer recites the call to prayer.