American artists

Which one are you? Which one is me? Erykah Badu an American singer-songwriter, activist and actress. She reached number two on Billboard charts and number one on the U.S. Billboard's “Friends, Fans, Artists Must Meet” was one of the spoken words she was known for. She performed this poem at Def Poetry Jam which aired on HBO. In this poem, Badu discusses how success can be a pro and a con whether it is our personal life or our social life. She talked about how her environment and personal…

Hutchinson put as, “a blossoming of African American Culture, particularly in the creative arts, and the most influential movement in African American history.” People came together. Many of the ones that were part of this movement, blacks and whites were rejoicing over the end of slavery. Along with them there were a lot of upcoming artists that rose up during this time, like Langston Hughes, Louis Armstrong, and James Weldon Johnson, all well-known artists. The Harlem Renaissance was an…

evidence was staring at them in the face. In a similar sense, Langston Hughes’s "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain", is an essay about the attempt of African Americans to separate themselves from their heritage and…

Harlem Renaissance had a major impact on the Civil Rights Movement. The Harlem Renaissance was an African-American cultural movement that began after World War I, in the early 1920s. It was centered in Harlem, New York. It was led by African-American activists, writers, poetics and athletes. The Harlem Renaissance was also known as the New Negro Movement because it was time when African-Americans’ works were taken seriously. Art, literature and sports played important roles throughout the…

‘The Journey’ artwork is on display till March 3 in Houston Community College West Loop campus art gallery. The artwork was created by known artists Al Sauso and Kevo from the Houston art scene. The Exhibit Coordinator Maureen Lewis said that the artwork on display presents “the journey of their [the artists’] lives.” The exhibit is in celebration of Black History Month. Sauso runs his own photography company, which he developed independently for 10 years. His art primarily consists of his…

Thornton Dial was an innovative artist who incorporated found objects such as trash and common household items in his pieces. His work often explored dark themes, ranging from war to racism to homelessness. Having grown up in poverty in Emelle, Alabama, Thornton did attend art school; therefore, he was often dismissed by his peers as an outsider or folk artist. Although his circumstances growing up may have prevented him from receiving formal training, I think that Thornton Dial’s experiences…

or even earlier than the 1920’s. That is where we will begin all the way until today’s music. In the 1920s music was dominated by blues and jazz. The blues primarily came from African American slaves mostly in the south. A lot of the songs would portray the troubles of prejudice and racism that African Americans endured during these times. One singer from the 1920’s that explain the troubles of African American’s during this time is Bessie Brown who sang songs like “Song from a…

war, Abstract Expressionism was discovered. The counterculture movement was important, it set the stage for social movements. During the 1960’s, Andy Warhol created Pop Art, considered to be artificial, detached, rebellious, ironic and funny. For artists of the 20th Century, locating to a city in America and having the ability to gain freedom to create topics that are justified through everyday life.…

Defending Jazz As African-American artists, LeRoi Jones, poet, playwright, and jazz critic, and Max Roach, drummer and jazz lecturer, believe that jazz is a representation of African-American culture and attitudes about the world. More importantly, they believe that the creation of jazz music is reserved for only African-Americans. This is evident when Roach says in his essay, “Beyond Categories”: “I am often asked, ‘Can whites play your kind of music?’ My answer is ‘Yes’...But no whites have…

either of these pursuits: art. As for fitting in, art can express political or religious interests, which would unite the artist with the cause they represent; however, if the artist wanted to stand out, an expression of the beauty of the World or the individual himself would elevate the artist to a position of individuality. But what does one do when society chooses for the artist which path to take? By looking at his youth, Basquiat’s art can be understood as a means to recollect a fragmented…