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of the African Diaspora have made monumental contributions
to the world of art, producing an influential body of work
informed by the black experience. This book of thirty postcards
celebrates the work of artists from Ethiopia, Dahomey (Benin),
and Haiti, their names now sadly lost, as well as some Americans
who are known worldwide - Hale Woodruff, Augusta Savage, Charles
Alston, Archibold Motley Jr. and others who aren't but should
be.
Working in diverse styles, techniques, and media, some black
artists create memorable images laced with social commentary,
cultural affirmation, myth and history, and simple love for
people in all their beauty, folly, and nobility. Others have
discarded the constraints of representational imagery for
an abstract language that challenges viewers to consider the
familiar and the unknown from new perspectives.
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