Devastation

Media: TexasSouthern/HCAC.TSU.0282.jpg

Original Title: title unknown
Devised Title: Devastation
Date: c. 1960
Creator: Kermit Oliver See all items with this value
Description: This is a universal scene of the despair and struggle facing a group determined to survive. The lone tree in the moonlight starkly symbolizes the darkness surrounding the scene (center left panel), while the tree rising from a swamp (leftmost panel) suggests hope with the bird, butterfly, and waterlily indicating transformative beauty.
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; Death; Nature; Wildlife
Current Location: 3rd Floor, South Corridor, Hannah Hall, Texas Southern University
Location: Houston; Texas; United States
Type: Murals
Additional Techniques: Mural painting
Measurements: 72 in x 36 in; 72 in x 18 in; 72 in x 175 in; 72 in x 8 in
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: 48
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.TSU.0282
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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