The Rape of Mother Nature

Media: TexasSouthern/HCAC.TSU.0242.jpg

Original Title: The Rape of Mother Nature
Date: c. 1978
Creator: Earl Jones See all items with this value
Description: In this mural, Mother Nature is attacked by oil derricks, pollution, and industrialization. Jones painted this work as a response to the rapid expansion of oil drilling throughout Texas. Jones still engages with nature, now creating wood carvings from fallen timber after Galveston storms.
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; Violence See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Black art; Economic conditions; Industrial revolution; Natural disasters; Nature; Plants
Current Location: 1st Floor, Elevator Corridor, Hannah Hall, Texas Southern University
Location: Houston; Texas; United States
Type: Murals
Additional Techniques: Mural painting
Measurements: 126 in x 92 in
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: 99
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.TSU.0242
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: Hannah Hall Murals See all items with this value

Item sets: Art; HBCU Activism: Doing Battle Where We Stand; Hannah Hall Murals Collection; Texas Southern University Collections