Cyclops Camera Crew

Media: TexasSouthern/HCAC.TSU.0273.jpg

Original Title: title unknown
Devised Title: Cyclops Camera Crew
Date: 1968
Creator: Johnny Jones See all items with this value
Description: Jones’ surrealistic mural depicts bald, cyclops-like men conducting a television broadcast. Jones incorporated architecture into the design by using a window, since painted over, as the camera’s lens. A man beneath the camera carries a torch with a strong, flowing flame.
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; HBCU institutional history See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Architecture; Black art
Current Location: 2nd Floor, West Corridor, Hannah Hall, Texas Southern University
Location: Houston; Texas; United States
Type: Murals
Additional Techniques: Mural painting
Measurements: 72 in x 145 in
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: 67
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.TSU.0273
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Contributing Institution: Texas Southern University
Collection: Hannah Hall Murals See all items with this value

Item sets: Art; Hannah Hall Murals; Texas Southern University Collections