American artists

carved in a tree, the design of the chair etc. The artist of their masterpiece would have no trouble producing what they want. However back in the 1900s art wasn’t as easily shown to the public. It was especially difficult for black artist to show their masterpiece because they had face multiple obstacles. The Negro Artist and The Racial Mountain, written in 1929 by Langston Hughes shows the identity crisis and daily life problems that black artist have to face. Bop, written in 1949 also by…

been more than just music to the African-American community. It has been a way for them to express and reflect on the struggles they are facing in life. Since 2013, Hip-hop is being greatly influenced by the Black Lives Matter movement, which is an activist movement that fights against the racism and violence towards African-Americans. This movement ignited after horrific cases of police brutality across America towards black teens. Hip-hop artists have become activists by creating…

seminal essay of 1926 “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain”, he offers a compelling critique of the black upper-middle class while applauding lower, working class black Americans for what he sees as the primary difference between these well-defined class groups. Hughes argues that the “low-down folks” embrace their African American heritage while the “high-class Negro” is embarrassed by it, so they reject it in an effort to better assimilate into “the mold of American standardization”…

The Rise and Fall of the American Farm “The welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country” said President Taft in the year (Taft). Farming played a vital role in the American way of life. Farms, were so essential to America, they served as the subject matter for artists, Alexandre Hogue and Anna Robertson Mary Moses. Each artist created a unique vision of the American rural farm that illuminated the emotions that were abundant during a particular time frame. Alexandre…

Some of the biggest hip hop artist focus on their music but that’s not it they also make films about their life on the streets and the reason they rap like they do. Even some of the biggest hip hop artist such as Tupac, B.I.G, and Eminem have movies of how they became what they became and more recently the group N.W.A released their big hit named Straight Out of Compton these are just a few examples of the biggest hip hop artist with movies. You cannot be a hip hop artist without street cred…

took African American music and made it possible for them to reach out to the white culture. originally if music was produced by African-Americans it was called R&B but that changed when Gordy decided he could change the way African-Americans looked and sounded to reach out to the white culture. To the ear when you heard this Motown music, you would think of a white big band playing instead of when you want to see these bands in concert you would not expect to see if you have can Americans and a…

“Politics can be the graveyard of the poet. And only poetry can be his resurrection.” The often-crowned laureate of Harlem, Langston Hughes through his literary works faithfully recorded the authenticity and nuances of the African American experience. The opening line draws attention to Hughes internal struggle that had followed throughout his artistic career, as he was attempting to seek out whether art could be free of any involvement of political propaganda and to be left as pure poetry,…

celebrated painting. Motley was an African American artist that wanted to express his pride in the African American race. He believed that, “It is a culture that is exciting, dynamic, and purely their own” (Harlem). He expressed their culture by creating the piece, Nightlife, right after the Harlem Renaissance. To start, the vivid colors are what draws people’s attention at first. The paintings colors give off an energetic and joyful feel. The rich colors the artist uses helps set up the mood…

on the spotlight of the world of art; Harold Rosenberg believed Americans had discovered something new, techniques that were not used in European art. He attempted to define this new art and to let everyone know that this movement was a developed version of art from americans. Correspondingly, Action painters like Jackson Pollock found their own americanized style and their own definition of abstract art. In the essay “the American Action Painters” Harold Rosenberg gives his own interpretation…

The early 1900s was a time of both social and musical prosperity for not only African Americans, but also women. The blues genre was introduced to the rural south in the 1920s, allowing many African American women the opportunity, through classic blues, to sing about their personal lifestyles, affecting the nation around them. Ma Rainey, along with many others, was able to earn a reputation as a professional singer both on stage and in business, which sparked a revolution for women all over. The…