This is a piece done by Joseph Holston and later put in the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, that gives an erie depressing feeling. During the Harlem Renaissance there was a lot of employment but the conditions where unfair, not as in the places where they stayed but as in the advertisement of the situation. Whites didn't go to the shows primarily because they like the music, but they considered it slightly demeaning to the performers.This piece shows the way blacks where able to get jobs and live without poverty but it came with the disadvantage of possible embarrassment.
When i saw this piece,
ReplyDeletei wasn't able to see what the message was.
You did a really nice job pointing out it was!
i loveeee the colors in this!!! im likn what you said about this piece, i agreee
ReplyDeleteI agree, when I first saw this piece I didn't see how you could relate it but you did a great job!
ReplyDeleteAt first, I was confused about what the piece was trying to represent, but you did a very nice explaining the meaning. Well done!
ReplyDeleteI don't get it at all: what are they embarrassed about? And how are they impoverished? It looks depressing in the sense that their heads are down and there's no detail in the facial expression but the people seem to be professionally dressed and "nice."
ReplyDeleteI agree with Amber though I really love the colors!!!