Art of the Negro: Dissipation
- Title
- Art of the Negro: Dissipation
- Date
- 1945--1952
- Creator
- Hale A. Woodruff, 1900-1980 See all items with this value
- Contributor
- Atlanta University Comission See all items with this value
- Description
- Hale Aspacio Woodruff was an artist and art educator known for his murals, paintings, and prints from Cairo, IL. "Dissipation," the third panel in the Art of the Negro mural series, portrays the theft and disruption of African art and culture by Europeans through colonization.
- Primary Subject
- 1900-1999 See all items with this value
- Black power See all items with this value
- Activism See all items with this value
- Art See all items with this value
- Additional Subject
- African diaspora See all items with this value
- Racial uplift See all items with this value
- Social life and customs See all items with this value
- Afrocentrism See all items with this value
- Death See all items with this value
- Economic conditions See all items with this value
- Current Location
- 2nd Floor, Trevor Arnett Hall, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA
- Location
- Atlanta See all items with this value
- Fulton County See all items with this value
- Georgia See all items with this value
- USA See all items with this value
- Type
- Murals See all items with this value
- Medium
- Oil on canvas See all items with this value
- Measurements
- 11 ft. x 11 ft.
- Format
- JPEG
- HBCU Identifier
- 1952.014
- HCAC Identifier
- HCAC.CAU.112
- Rights
- All rights held by the Clark Atlanta University Art Museum. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact Clark Atlanta University Art Museum, Clark Atlanta University, (404) 880-6102 Attn: Museum Director.
- Contributing Institution
- Clark Atlanta University
- Source
- Clark Atlanta University Art Museum
- Collection
- The Art of the Negro Mural Series See all items with this value
- Relation
-
Art of the Negro: Native Forms
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Art of the Negro: Interchange
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Art of the Negro: Parallels
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Art of the Negro: Influences
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Art of the Negro: Muses
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Dissipation (3) portrays the theft and disruption of African art and culture by Europeans through colonization. Specifically, he dramatizes the 1897 raid of the Benin empire by British forces after being denied the opportunity to trade goods. The panel features European soldiers pillaging African art with a raging fire in the background.
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