What a thrill it is to be blown away by an accomplished artist completely unknown to you.
A long overdue retrospective at MoMA proves that Charles White was the man, that's for sure.
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Eartha Kitt.
Black power.
Black dignity in the face of oppression and limited opportunity.
Sharecropper?
The only white guy to make it into the show as far as I can recall.
Eartha Kitt.
A detail from The Black Pope (Sandwich Board Man).
Pretty much says it all about Mississippi in the 60s.
Black dignity in the face of oppression and limited opportunity.
Oratory & leadership, inextricably linked to the church.
Sharecropper?
Thomas Hart Benton influence?
Biblical allusion?
How often have you seen portraits like these in a museum?
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