Ghetto Visions

Original Title

Ghetto Visions

Date

c. 1973

Creator

Bennie Settles See all items with this value

Description

Set against a background of shotgun houses, Black people engage in a struggle to break free from chains and physical limitations. Extreme musculature and angel wings suggest supernatural strengths. A motif in Settles’ work is the power and beauty of Black hair.

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

Urban life See all items with this value

Additional Subject

Architecture

Black art

Death

Economic conditions

Racial uplift

Social life and customs

Current Location

1st Floor, South Corridor, Hannah Hall, Texas Southern University

Location

Houston

Texas

United States

Type

Murals

Medium

acrylic

Additional Techniques

Mural painting

Measurements

72 1/2 in x 125 1/2 in

Format

JPEG

HBCU Identifier

104

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.TSU.0280

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

References

"Shotgun houses." Data Research Center. https://www.datacenterresearch.org/pre-katrina/tertiary/shotgun.html.