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The Medium Is the Message.

Authors :
THOMPSON, CLIFFORD
Source :
Commonweal. Nov2024, Vol. 151 Issue 10, p72-75. 4p.
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

The article recounts the life and works of African American revolutionary artist Elizabeth Catlett. It highlights Catlett's feminism and concern for Black women workers that informed some of her work such as "The Negro Woman" "I Have Always Worked hard in America," as well as her use of the vertical and horizontal and of augmented body parts in like the terracotta "Young Girl," the sculpture "Tired" and the paintings "Sharecropper" and "WorkingWoman."

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00103330
Volume :
151
Issue :
10
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Commonweal
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
180537382