In Search of the Watermelon

Media: TexasSouthern/HCAC.TSU.0302.jpg

Original Title: In Search of the Watermelon
Date: 1980
Creator: Barry Morris See all items with this value
Description: The artist boldly tackles the often stereotypical image of the watermelon while depicting the hypocrisy of organized religion in the Black community and the constant threat of the Klan. The large, reaching hands pull at a recent graduate, whose face is obscured by the watermelon they are holding.
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; Education See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Black art; Crops; Domestic animals; Ku Klux Klan; Religious symbols in art; Wildlife
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 13 in; 72 in x 11 in; 72 in x 166 in
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: 76
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.TSU.0302
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Contributing Institution: Texas Southern University
Collection: Hannah Hall Murals See all items with this value

Item sets: Art; HBCU Campus Life: The World of HBCU’s; Hannah Hall Murals Collection; Texas Southern University Collections