Archibald Motley's "Saturday Night" and "Blues"
We Who Are Dark di Trent Tomengo
Note sull'episodio
In this final episode of Season 2, Professor Tomengo and Dr. Vaz analyze two of Archibald Motley's paintings, namely "Saturday Night" (1935) and "Blues" (1929). In discussing these works, the conversation addresses the new stereotype reserved for Black women in popular culture at the time, the oversexualized Black woman. It also includes commentary on other popular stereotypes and how their use today denotes an ignorance of the real history behind their development. Further discussion of the Harlem Renaissance and Motley's aesthetic conventions solidifies the place his works hold in understanding Black popular culture during the early part of the 2oth century.
Parole chiave
History, Humanities, African, Black, Diaspora, we who are dark, Panafrican, fba, Latin, America, Black Art, African American history, African American Art