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The AIDS Memorial Quilt is a powerful and moving tribute to those who have died from AIDS-related illnesses. It is the world’s most important example of communal folk art and a monument and a means of spreading awareness of the AIDS crisis. The original plan for the quilt was to create a remembrance to honour […]
Japanese singer, artist, and peace campaigner Yoko Ono rose to stature worldwide as the spouse of renowned rock band The Beatles member John Lennon. She was born on February 18, 1933, in Tokyo, Japan. Known for her experimental music and avant-garde artwork, Ono has been well-known in the art world since the 1960s. Performance art,
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Tyranny results in oppression and oppression demands revolt. Art has and always will be a revolutionary force that not only calls out propaganda and the unjust but also encapsulates a moment in history that accommodates agony and strength. Following are 10 depictions by great artists and revolutionaries illustrating Slavery through their palettes. These artists use
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American abstract artist Sam Gilliam was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, on November 30, 1933. He is most identified for his inventive work with draped, coloured canvas and is connected to the Color Field movement. Gilliam’s method of painting transcends the traditional rectangular canvas since he frequently lets his canvases hang, fold, or drape in ways
American artist Dread Scott is renowned for his politically charged and thought-provoking works of art. He was born Scott Tyler in Chicago in 1965, but he adopted the name Dread Scott in honour of the well-known slave of the same name who successfully petitioned the Supreme Court for freedom in the 19th-century Dred Scott v.
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American graphic designer and artist Emory Douglas is most renowned for his work as the Black Panther Party’s Minister of Culture in the 1960s and 1970s. Douglas, born on May 24, 1943, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, significantly impacted the style of the Black Panther Party. This socialist and revolutionary organization fought for the rights of
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African American photographer Ernest Withers (1922–2007) is renowned for his significant and enduring photos that captured the American Civil Rights Movement. On August 7, 1922, Withers was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He began his career as a freelance photographer, documenting events in and around Memphis. Withers gained national recognition for his work in the 1950s
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Leonard Freed, an American documentary photographer who lived from 1929 to 2006, is most known for his pictures of social justice movements and other subjects. Born on October 23, 1929, in Brooklyn, New York, Freed began his career as a freelance photographer in the mid-1950s. He rose to fame with powerful and visually arresting images
American artist Faith Ringgold is most recognised for her literary and visual art achievements. On October 8, 1930, she was born in New York City’s Harlem neighbourhood. In the struggle for civil rights and the feminist art movement, Ringgold has been a well-known figure. Ringgold rose to fame for her innovative use of quilting as
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Winter is here and so is our fear of missing out on trekking adventures and spending cold winter nights on those majestic mountain tops. While we cannot really help you get on an actual mountain top we surely can relieve your thirst for good scenery. Given below are the 11 most famous paintings of mountains:
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