Art of the Negro: Dissipation

Title

Art of the Negro: Dissipation

Date

1945--1952

Creator

Hale A. Woodruff, 1900-1980 See all items with this value

Contributor

Atlanta University Comission

Description

Hale Aspacio Woodruff was an artist and art educator known for his murals, paintings, and prints from Cairo, IL. Dissipatation, the third panel in the Art of the Negro mural series, portrays the theft and disruption of African art and culture by Europeans through colonization.

Primary Subject

1900-1999 See all items with this value

Black power See all items with this value

Activism See all items with this value

Art See all items with this value

Additional Subject

African diaspora

Racial uplift

Social life and customs

Afrocentrism

Death

Economic conditions

Current Location

2nd Floor, Trevor Arnett Hall, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA

Location

Atlanta

Fulton County

Georgia

USA

Type

Murals

Medium

Oil on canvas

Measurements

11 ft. x 11 ft.

Format

JPEG

HBCU Identifier

1952.014

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.CAU.112

Rights

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.

Contributing Institution

Clark Atlanta University

Source

Clark Atlanta University Art Museum

Collection

The Art of the Negro Mural Series See all items with this value

Relation

Art of the Negro: Native Forms

Art of the Negro: Interchange

Art of the Negro: Parallels

Art of the Negro: Influences

Art of the Negro: Muses

Language

English

Notes

Dissipation (3) portrays the theft and disruption of African art and culture by Europeans through colonization. Specifically, he dramatizes the 1897 raid of the Benin empire by British forces after being denied the opportunity to trade goods. The panel features European soldiers pillaging African art with a raging fire in the background.