Check this owt PACIFIC SUPERHEROES find inspiration in the art of Emory Douglas who will be here for a artist residency at Auckland University!!! So check it out famz for some urban/political art exhibiting 21 August til 3 October at Gus Fisher Gallery. Mauri Ora
‘The former Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party will deliver a series of public lectures and mount a solo exhibition when he visits New Zealand this month as the Elam International Artist in Residence at The University of Auckland.
Emory Douglas created the striking graphic images that came to represent the Black Panther Party in the 1960s, 70s and early 80s. The group was founded in 1966 in Oakland, California, and was one of the first organisations in US history to militantly struggle for ethnic minority and working class emancipation.
Symbolising the civil unrest of the times, Emory Douglas’ images were used to illustrate the Black Panther, the party’s weekly newspaper. Over the years, the Black Panther’s “Revolutionary Artist” made countless artworks, illustrations, and cartoons, which were reproduced in the paper and distributed as prints, posters, cards and sculptures.
Thanks in large part to Emory Douglas’ powerful visuals the Black Panther Party delivered a forceful message to a community ravaged by poverty, police brutality, and poor living conditions. The organisation was discontinued in the early 1980s.
Emory Douglas is today recognised as an artist in his own right, and his works have been mounted in solo exhibitions around the world and included in the 2008 Sydney Biennale. Currently, he has a major retrospective exhibit on display at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City. Continue reading ‘The Art of Revolution by Emory Douglas’
