Mural Study for "Ghetto Visions"

Original Title

title unknown

Devised Title

Mural Study for "Ghetto Visions"

Date

c. 1973

Creator

Bennie Settles See all items with this value

Description

Settles' mural study depicts muscular, mostly naked men and women seemingly being sucked into a portal. An angel attempts to pull them away, while two men are stripped of their skin and bones. The figures’ hair is painted with great detail and seems imbued with special powers. The backdrop shows a horizon of shotgun homes. Settles’ final mural nearly replicates this earlier draft.

Primary Subject

1900-1999 See all items with this value

Art See all items with this value

Urban life See all items with this value

HBCU student work See all items with this value

Additional Subject

American South

Black art

Economic conditions

Folklore

Meditations

Type

Painting

Medium

paint on canvas

Measurements

20 1/4 in x 24 1/2 in

Format

JPEG

HBCU Identifier

pc202

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.TSU.0111

Rights

All rights held by the University Museum at Texas Southern. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact University Museum, Texas Southern University umuseum@gmail.com Attn: Museum Director. Materials not created by Texas Southern University may still be under copyright. Additional materials may be presented for educational and research purposes in accordance with fair use under United States copyright law.

Contributing Institution

Texas Southern University

Collection

Permanent Collection See all items with this value