The Ackland Art Museum, completed in 1958, is a cultural resource located at the University of North at Chapel Hill, including over 18,000 works of art (“About”, n.p.). These 18,000 works consist of various art movements, including that of Cubism, which evolved in the twentieth century; straying away from realistic images and instead focuses on the abstract angle of art (Moffat). One work in particular currently on display in the American exhibit is an oil on canvas piece created in 1946, named Slow Down Freight Train by Rose Piper, shaped with a cubist affect (See figure 3). In this paper, I will describe this painting and the cubist techniques used in expression of the artist’s strong African American roots, which I observed while visiting
