at Risk...

Media: TexasSouthern/HCAC.TSU.0050/DSC_3437-2.jpg; TexasSouthern/HCAC.TSU.0050/DSC_3437.jpg

Original Title: at Risk...
Date: 1996
Creator: John T. Biggers See all items with this value
Description: This Biggers print shows a person's head surrounded by animals and a checkerboard. Checkerboards and swirls are common motifs in Biggers' work, which he referred to as sacred geometry. The pictured animals are symbolic; for instance, tortoises represent longevity and rabbits represent bad omens.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; Art See all items with this value; Folklore See all items with this value; HBCU leadership See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Afrocentrism; Black art; Educators; Faculty; Religious symbols in art; Wildlife
Type: Print
Medium: print
Additional Techniques: lithography
Measurements: 29 1/2 in x 24 in
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: pc164
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.TSU.0050
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

Item sets: Art; Texas Southern University Collections; University Museum at Texas Southern Permanent Collection