Jacob Lawrence Artist

The game in America is accompanied by many struggles. Apartheid has ended over 50 years ago, and ethnicity still remains the source of police brutality, discrimination and hatred crime debate. From the masses' perspective, the racial relationship is a more gentle topic. Most of white and black people say that the era of racial sneeriness is over. Ethnic relations are no longer influenced by politics, but about school, sports, popular culture, and religious experience. In the art world, races are increasingly defined as cultural festivals.

Think about American art, think about African Americans: Ralph Ellison's invisible man, "Emotional Indigo" by Duke Ellington, "Jacob Lawrence's" Black Immigrant ". The art of African American brought a revolution to the American art world and gave America a cultural perspective prove its culture and vitality. The African American music tradition can go back to songs and lamentations brought back from the middle channel. The scream and spirit of the work is always part of the life of African-American. In the 20th century, black Americans formed a new and important tradition of music such as jazz, blues, rock and so on. African-American music spreads rapidly throughout the world through radio and recording

Jacob and Gwendolin Lawrence foundation founded last year are working on the creation, presentation and research of American art, with particular emphasis on works of African American artists. For more information on the Foundation's work and Jacob Lawrence's work, please visit www.jacoblawrence.org. (WSWS, 2000) Struggling artists and young painters produced two series of stories about the abolishists Frederick Douglas and the life of Harriet Tubman. In the beginning of his first major story series he created 41 paintings by Haitian revolutionary Toussaint L'Ouverture, who led Haitian independence struggle in the early 19th century. (WSWS, 2000)

Another artist, Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000), came to Harlem when he was in his teens. He studied art in the Harlem Renaissance era and then visited Nigeria to explore the culture of Africa. His painting conveys the history of African Americans and the story of oppression, featuring a bold color and a flat perspective. In the late 20th century, African-American artists continued to explore the problem of identity. In the 1960s, the Black Art Movement (BAM) was an informal group of artists who studied identity and self recognition. In more confrontational and direct works, they challenge stereotypes and racial discrimination