It's Just a Bunch of Black Faces

Original Title

title unknown

Devised Title

It's Just a Bunch of Black Faces

Date

1999

Creator

Cedric Franklin See all items with this value

Description

Franklin’s painting contains 12 portraits of Black people, ranging in age from children to elders. The postures and facial expressions range from smiles to blank stares, and there is also a range in attire from formal to casual wear. Behind the faces are the words: “It’s just a bunch of black faces/Does this really come from the heart/Does he draw any other races/I dont know if I’d call this art (2x)/It’s just a bunch of black faces/It’s just a bunch of Black faces/If he gets any bigger will he still just draw n___”

Primary Subject

1900-1999 See all items with this value

Art See all items with this value

HBCU student work See all items with this value

Clothing and dress See all items with this value

Additional Subject

Black art

Meditations

Racial uplift

Social life and customs

Type

Painting

Medium

paint and paper on canvas

Measurements

37 1/8 in x 37 1/8 in

Format

JPEG

HBCU Identifier

pc229

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.TSU.0138

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