Surreal Sterling Student Life Center

Media: TexasSouthern/HCAC.TSU.0288.jpg

Original Title: title unknown
Devised Title: Surreal Sterling Student Life Center
Date: Unknown
Creator: Unknown See all items with this value
Description: Focusing on the Sterling Student Life Center, the artist captures the lively activities of students and reflects the importance of Black fraternities and sororities in HBCU student life. Realism is paired with the surreal imagery of fantastic figures dancing around the music blasting from a boombox.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; Fraternities and sororities See all items with this value; HBCU student work See all items with this value; HBCU campus life See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Black art; Domestic animals; Enslaved people; Plants; Religious symbols in art; Wildlife
Current Location: 3rd Floor, West Corridor, Hannah Hall, Texas Southern University
Location: Houston; Texas; United States
Type: Murals
Additional Techniques: Mural painting
Measurements: 54 in x 251 in
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: 11
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.TSU.0288
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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