Kiah and Miss Long Street Bolivar Point

Original Title

Kiah and Miss Long Street Bolivar Point

Date

1975

Creator

Edward Mills See all items with this value

Description

Mills paints a compelling and complex commentary on violence against indigenous people in the United States. In the foreground, a lifeless indigenous person floats next to a wrecked canoe. In the center, a white woman prepares to fire a cannon, still smoking from its last round. Behind her, a stoic Black woman holds one white baby and shelters another white child within her cloak. In the background, a faceless indigenous person reaches towards the scene.

Primary Subject

1900-1999 See all items with this value

HBCU student work See all items with this value

Art See all items with this value

Violence See all items with this value

Additional Subject

Black art

American South

Death

Nature

Racial violence

Weapons

Type

Painting

Medium

acrylic on canvas

Measurements

33 in x 45 1/2 in

Format

JPEG

HBCU Identifier

pc30

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.TSU.0080

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