Interchange
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Title
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Interchange
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Date
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1945--1952
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Creator
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Hale A. Woodruff, 1900-1980
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Contributor
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Atlanta University Comission
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Description
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Hale Aspacio Woodruff was an artist and art educator known for his murals, paintings, and prints from Cairo, IL. Interchange, the second panel in the Art of the Negro mural series, depicts Africans exchanging knowledge of arts and sciences in antiquity.
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Primary Subject
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1900-1999
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Black power
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Activism
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Art
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Additional Subject
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African diaspora
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Racial uplift
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Social life and customs
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Afrocentrism
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Location
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Atlanta
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Fulton County
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Georgia
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USA
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Type
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Murals
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Medium
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Oil on canvas
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Measurements
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11 ft. x 11 ft.
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Format
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JPG
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HBCU Identifier
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1952.013
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HCAC Identifier
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HCAC.CAU.111
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Rights
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All rights held by the Clark Atlanta University Art Museum. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact Clark Atlanta University Art Museum, Clark Atlanta University, (404) 880-6102 Attn: Museum Director.
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Contributing Institution
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Clark Atlanta University
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Source
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Clark Atlanta University Art Museum
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Collection
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The Art of the Negro Mural Series
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Language
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English
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Notes
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Interchange (2) depicts Africans exchanging knowledge of arts and sciences in antiquity. He shows African, European, and Eastern Mediterranean people in dialogue with icons from their respective cultures. He intentionally places the African figures’ heads higher, signifying their role as generators and instructors of knowledge.
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