Extremely busy semester but we made it! Excited to see everyone graduate on Saturday. I just read my course evaluations and someone suggested I get a raise. 😂 Love yall! 💜💛 #YearFive . . 1. Phillips Howard Exhibit 2. Research Day Humanities Panel 3. Bro. Obi Egbuna, Jr. Visit to Campus 4. Elizabeth Catlett piece 5. Phi Alpha Theta Initiates 6. Culture Fest 7. Trinity Archive Visit w/ Sr. Mary Hayes 8. Traditional Coffee Ceremony, Culture Festival 9. Nancy Morejón’s visit to Howard Univeristy 10. #FreePalestine . . . . #drmonreaux #AfricanaTWU #phialphatheta #elizabethcatlett #FreePalestine #photodump
HOMAGE A tribute to my mothers, my adoptive, biological, and all the incredible mother figures in my life. Wishing ALL women who have nurtured, uplifted, encouraged, and healed a Happy Mother’s Day. 🙏🏿❤️ #theartofshawnartis #elizabethcatlett #mothersday #woman #culture
🤍🩶❤️ #happymothersday #BlackArtist #ElizabethCatlett #MothersDay
Links Together, 1996 by #ElizabethCatlett. Lithograph on Arches paper.
Repost from @mocada_museum • Happy Mother’s Day! 💐❤️🖤💚 🎨: “Mother and Child” by Elizabeth Catlett, 1946. More love to the mothers in Haiti, Sudan, Congo and Palestine. Also sending love to all those missing their moms and/or have a complicated relationship with motherhood. #happymothersday #elizabethcatlett #Blackartists #art
Keep juggling and joyously jiggling mamas 🌻❤️ happy Mother’s Day 🎨: “Mother and Child” by Elizabeth Catlett, 1946. #happymothersday #elizabethcatlett #Blackartists #art
Happy Mother's Day! 💐❤️🖤💚 🎨: "Mother and Child" by Elizabeth Catlett, 1946. More love to the mothers in Haiti, Sudan, Congo, Tigray, and Palestine. Also sending love to all those missing their moms and/or have a complicated relationship with motherhood. #happymothersday #elizabethcatlett #Blackartists #art
♥️ #MothersDay To model the work, Elizabeth Catlett used coils of terra-cotta to create a hollow form—a pre-Hispanic method that she learned from the artist Francisco Zúñiga. The asymmetry of the mother’s pose contributes to the sculpture’s dynamism, while her downturned gaze and particular quality of physicality—its private, protective, introspective tenderness—likely owe to Catlett’s own experience as a mother: the impression is less of a model observed than of memories of what it feels like to cradle the weight of a child. 📕: https://www.moma.org/collection/works/146844 🏛 @themuseumofmodernart Elizabeth Catlett Mother and Child 1956 ©️ Estate of Elizabeth Catlett #arthistory #herstory #elizabethcatlett #motherhood #sculptureart
Come and see the wonderful Elizabeth Catlett exposition at the MMK Tower. It‘s worth more than one visit. May 2024
Elizabeth Catlett was an American and Mexican artist renowned for her powerful sculptures and prints that explored themes of race, gender, and social injustice. Born in Washington, D.C., Catlett moved to Mexico in the late 1940s, becoming a citizen and an integral part of the Taller de Gráfica Popular, a collective dedicated to using art to promote social change. Her work, which often depicted African American and Mexican women, combined the figurative and abstract, marrying her political activism with her artistic endeavors. Catlett's art, recognized for its beauty and potent social commentary, made her one of the most important artists of the 20th century, bridging cultural and national divides to speak to universal issues of human rights and dignity. ### Notable Achievements and Contributions: - Her sculptures and prints have been exhibited worldwide, earning numerous awards and accolades for their artistic merit and social impact. - Catlett was a pioneer in integrating social and political activism into art, inspiring generations of artists to use their work as a platform for change. - She was a prominent figure in both the African American and Mexican art communities, celebrated for her contributions to both cultures.
Look at some of the gorgeous flowers in front of the bldg, 730 Riverside Drive at 150th Street in Manhattan where Ralph Ellison lived for many years. The Invisible Man sculpture by Elizabeth Catlett is also terrific! #invisibleman #elizabethcatlett #RalphEllisonpark
Frankfurt am Main, hin und zurück, with poor elevator lighting again but with this @a.koeker Akkordarbeiterin, 2 meters high monument to the women working in factories […] alongside #ManuelaSambo’s Angolan masks that bring me back reminiscences of my favourite #SarahMaldoror carnivals movies […] to #DragoTrumbetas Archipel Gastarbeiter and this little girl who tells the whole truth about schools… in There is no There There curated by #SusannePfeffer and @gursoy_Dogtas at @mmkfrankfurt […] An eye, ‘I’, and the choufs, always on alert, remaining intraceable with @crystallmess at @mmkfrankfurt Zollamt […] Putting art to the service of the people in these carefully delineated forms and strong compositional focus by #ElizabethCatlett at @mmkfrankfurt Tower […] Still Philippe Thomas, for ever Philippe Thomas with Art in search of characters at @khunstalle_portikus curated by @liberty.adrien and @carina_rrroberta (poke @emeline.jrt) [...] Some Frankfurter Grüne soße, Goethe’s most favourite dish recommended by dear @neal.hoey […] to the bar where Fassbinder used to hang out […] And some sundry glimpse at @staedelmuseum with Niederländischer Meister, a portrait of Simon George of Cornwall by Hans Holbein D. J. (Also part of Some Faggy Gestures by #HenrikOlesen) And this silver gelatin print of fading out flowers by #NobuyoshiAraki shot one year after his wife death from uterine cancer.
@nationalportraitgallery Artists to Artists exhibit 🗿Elizabeth Catlett b Washington DC 1915. d Cuernavaca Mexico 2012. 🗿Singing Head. 1980. Black Mexican marble. Elizabeth Catlett is one of my all time favorite artists, as well as her husband Charles White. I am always excited for any opportunity to view her work. 🖼️Lois Marilou Jones. b Boston MA 1905. d Washington DC 1998. 🖼️Les Fetiches. 1938. Oil on Linen. 📖Biography of Elizabeth Catlett & Lois Marilou Jones’s friendship.
Thank you Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III for sharing your reflections on my new exhibition, “A Bold and Beautiful Vision: A Century of Black Arts Education in Washington, DC, 1900-2000,” alongside the Hirshhorn Museum’s 50th anniversary exhibition for Smithsonian Magazine! Truly an honor! (LINK IN BIO) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/office-of-the-secretary-of-the-smithsonian/2024/05/02/tracing-a-century-of-history-through-art/ . . . . #smithsonian #aboldandbeautifulvision #blackart #blackarthistory #arthistory #dcartists #elizabethcatlett #almathomas #samgilliam #blackhistory
#blues + #elizabethcatlett + @munaemexico @inbamx @culturamx
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Elizabeth Catlett (1915 - 2012) fue una artista afrodescendiente radicada en México que retrató e impulsó la lucha de las obreras negras. 👉🏽 A través de sus grabado buscó crear consciencia sobre la doble opresión experimentada por las mujeres de raza negra, tanto en el pasado como en la actualidad. 👉🏽 Catlett trabajó en el Taller de Gráfica Popular e introdujo en el México de mediados del siglo XX el tema de la interseccionalidad de género y raza de forma explícita y contundente. 👉🏽 Además de su obra gráfica, se destacó como escultura, pintora y dibujante. "No estoy pensando en hacer cosas nuevas y diferentes. Estoy pensando en crear arte para mi gente." Elizabeth Catlett 💜 ¡Vayan corriendo a buscar más de sus obras! #1rodemayo #1demayo #ElizabethCatlett #tallerdearte #artefeminista #graficafeminista #arte #tallerdegraficafeminista #tallerdearteavellaneda #graficafeminista #grabado #tallerdegraficafeminista #tallerdearteavellaneda #tallerdegrabadoavellaneda
“I have always wanted my art to service my people – to reflect us, to relate to us, to stimulate us, to make us aware of our potential. We have to create an art for liberation and for life.” — Elizabeth Catlett You are invited to a Celebration of Elizabeth Catlett, a Friends of Art ArtSmarts! with a Bite! evening program on Thursday, May 9 at the Muskegon Museum of Art. Learn about this extraordinary artist and activist with a program presented by FOA President Erin Walling. MUST PURCHASE TICKETS BY MONDAY, MAY 6. Tickets are only $15 ($10 for FOA members) and include a delicious Cinco de Mayo refreshment box with nibbles from Los Amigos and Hodgepodge Bakery and a lime spritzer mocktail. Cash bar available. Advance ticket purchase is required to reserve refreshment box. Purchase at Muskegon Museum of Art gift store or at Eventbrite. See ticket link in the event page. #elizabethcatlett #ElizabethCatlett #Muskegonartmuseum #muskegonfriendsofart #MuskegonArt #muskegonart #hodgepodgebakery #women #Art #womenartists #visitmuskegon #visitmuskegonspring
Favs at the @metmuseum : #elizabethcatlett ‘s “Head of a Woman,” 1942
So thankful to have the support of theologian and memoirist Natalie Carnes behind this book! Her MOTHERHOOD: A CONFESSION is one I come back to again and again. “What does the creation of children have to do with the creation of art? Vulnerable, searching, and insightful, The Mother Artist contemplates this question by weaving Ricketts’s story through diverse and compelling narratives of other mother artists. Plumbing the paradoxes and ambivalences of both motherhood and artistry, Ricketts beautifully renders the fear and hope, heaviness and lightness, longing and saturation of a life negotiating these two forms of creativity.” — Natalie Carnes, author of Motherhood: A Confession #artistmother #motherartist #mothersandmakers #philadelphiawriter #phillywriter #phillyart #artsinphiladelphia #elizabethcatlett #aliceneel #senganengudi #marilynnerobinson #madeleinelengle #joandidion @broadleafbooks
Went to view an art exhibit of Elizabeth Catlett’s works. She was the first black woman in the United States to earn her Bachelors of Arts degree at the University of Iowa 💛🖤 and one of the first three to earn her Master of Fine Arts degree. Interestingly, my daughter currently resides in the dormitory named in her honor. #art #brunnierartmuseum #elizabethcatlett #artexhibition #artexhibit #universityofiowa #iowa #blackwomeninart #blackwomenartists
#ElizabethCatlett primera artista y grabadora afromexicana. En el @munaemexico
Nos vemos mañana en el @munaemexico para platicar entorno a la gráfica de Elizabeth Catlett y Francisco Mora # #grabado #estampamexicana #charla #conversatorio #nochedemuseos #elizabethcatlett #franciscomora
Ralph Ellison (March 1, 1913 – April 16, 1994) was an African-American writer, literary critic, and scholar best known for his novel Invisible Man, which won the National Book Award in 1953. He moved to New York City in 1936 to pursue a career in writing and quickly became involved in the cultural and political life of the city. While in New York, Ellison joined the Federal Writers' Project, a government program that employed writers to document the lives of Americans during the Great Depression. He encountered several artists who would significantly influence his life, including artist Romare Bearden and author Richard Wright. After Ellison wrote a book review for Wright, Wright urged him to take up fiction writing as a career. Ellison's first published story was "Hymie's Bull," a tale inspired by his 1933 experience of hoboing on a train with his uncle to reach Tuskegee. Ellison's best-known work, "Invisible Man," was published in 1952. The novel was awarded the 1953 US National Book Award for Fiction. He received two President's Medals, and a State Medal from France. Ellison received 12 honorary doctorate degrees from Tuskegee Institute, Rutgers University, the University of Michigan, and Harvard University. On February 18, 2014, the USPS unveiled a 91¢ stamp in tribute to Ralph Ellison. Riverside Park on 150th Street and Riverside Drive in Harlem (near 730 Riverside Drive, Ellison's principal residence from the early 1950s until his passing) was dedicated to Ellison on May 1, 2003. In the park stands a 15 by 8-foot bronze slab with a "cut-out man figure" inspired by his book Invisible Man. The monument was created by artist Elizabeth Catlett, a former resident of 409 Edgecombe Avenue, Harlem NY. For more info, visit our website: @edgecombeavenue #harlem #edgecombeavenue #blackhistory #sugarhill #blackwriters #nycneighborhoods #ralphellison #elizabethcatlett #harlemhistory #harlemrenaissance #invisibleman #historicharlem #invisibleman #africanamericanheritage #newyorker #newyorkhistory #harlemnewyork #harlemnonprofit #harlemnyc #whilewearestillhere #wwshnyc
Week 5 Book Selection from Robin Finch Pickerings ‘Lookout’ show p1: .Non-adhesive binding, Keith A. Smith Books, 1999 .The Recycling Use and Repair of Tools, Alexander Weygers, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1978 . The Eye of the Storm Works in Situ, Daniel Buren, Guggenheim Museum, 2005 . Virginia Overton, JRP Ringier, 2015 . The Great Book of Dinky Toys, Mike Richardson, New Cavendish, 1999 . Michael Heizer Altars, Rizzoli, 2016 . Elizabeth Catlett an American artist in Mexico, Melanie Herzog, University of Washington Press, 2005 Robin Finch Pickerings show ‘Lookout’ was held at The Camberwell Space between the 1st of February - 20th March. The books seen here were selected by the artist together with RTS from the UAL Camberwell Library and could be found in the gallery to be enjoyed alongside the show. #robinfinchpickering #rocktheshelves #virginiaoverton #michaelheizer #elizabethcatlett
The legendary @themuseumofmodernart in NYC @newyorkcity.explore. . . . #moma #museumofmodernart #nyc #ny #bigapple #5thavenue #vincentvangogh #vangogh #pablopicasso #picasso #salvadordali #henrimatisse #matisse #juttakoether #elizabethcatlett #peterblume #davidsiqueiros #davidalfaro #maxbeckmann #esteelauder #estée #estéelauder #marcchagall #louisebourgeois #claudemonet #paulgauguin #gauguin #artexhibition #artwork #artgallery
I can finally share this fantastic news! And, I can share that a very rare #elizabethcatlett lithograph I sold to the #nationalgallery will be included in this major retrospective. For those interested, #lusenhopfineart has a fine selection of Catlett works for sale. Congratulations to @dalilalcs and @catherinejanetmorris for co-curating what will surely be one of the most important and enlightening exhibitions of our time. #blackarthistory #africanamericanart #africanamericanarthistory #brooklynmuseum
Der neue Band @kunstforum_international ist erschienen! Darin schrieb ich über die Ausstellung „Elizabeth Catlett“ @mmkfrankfurt Tower. Das Werk Catletts ist hierzulande leider noch wenig bekannt. Doch die Präsentation wird hoffentlich helfen, dies zu ändern. Wo nun die Ausstellung von Käthe Kollwitz im Städel Museum eröffnet ist, bietet sich zudem ein Vergleich dieser beiden Frauenleben und dieser beiden Lebenswerke an. Gemeinsam ist ihnen die klare politische Haltung, das Thema der Mutterschaft und ihre Exzellenz in der künstlerischen Graphik. Deutlich wird nach dem Besuch der Ausstellungen die unterschiedliche kuratorische Herangehensweise und das unterschiedliche Interesse an einer didaktischen Vermittlung. #ElizabethCatlett #womenartists #AmericanArtist #BlackArtist #MMK #WritingOnArt
“War Worker” by Elizabeth Catlett, 1943 #portrait #maleportrait #portraitoftheday #ElizabethCatlett #1943 #warworker
Wrapping up today's b-day posts with a collective happy birthday to Flex Alexander (54), Linda Perry (59), Samira Wiley, Tom Kane, Michael Tucci (78), Madeline Martin (31), the late Frank Vincent, Marty Wilde and Lou Romano. Other birthdays include #chrisstuckman, #loischiles of Moonraker and Creepshow 2 fame, #dannypino, Radiohead's #edobrien, #susannebier, #shantidope, #mattcardle, #juliesommars, #trinedyrholm, #williambelleau, #codychristian, #paulapell, #cooperbarnes, #daveedmunds, #anthonygreen, #chrisstapleton, #luisfonsi, #faymasterson (50), #douglasspain, #susanward, Phil Mogg of UFO, Andy Daly, Sam Mcmurray, Leonie Elliott, Esther Dean, Clara Galle, Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, Amy Wright, Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Evelyn Ashford, Kamala Lopez, Jason Sehorn, Siobhan Hewlett, Tom Pacinka, Annie Costner, Fruit Chan, Aida Mollenkamp, Kym Gyngell, Soichi Noguchi, Josiane Balasko, Marsha Ivins, Penelope Coelen, the late #craigzadan, the late #elizabethcatlett, the late #litagrey, the late #bessiesmith, the late #benjaminzepheniah, the late #hansconried, the late #robertwalker, the late #edenahbez, the late #abigalamejia, the late #albertobreccia, the late actor John Williams, the late Arshile Gorky, the late Helene Hanff, the late Willie Davis, the late Roy Clark, the late Bob Luman, the late Rikki Fulton, and the late Hans Billian.
Elizabeth Catlett was an American artist known for her powerful and poignant representations of African American life and political struggles. Born in Washington, D.C. on April 15, 1915, she was one of the first African American women to receive a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Iowa. Catlett's work often focused on the lives of Black women, their strength, resilience, and struggles against oppression. Her work is celebrated for its social commentary, and she was a prominent figure in the Civil Rights movement. She passed away in 2012 at the age of 96, leaving behind a legacy of art that continues to inspire and move audiences around the world. Links Together by Elizabeth Catlett, 1996 #elizabethcatlett #blackwomenartists #civilrights #herstory #matriarchymonday #divinefeminine
“𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤.” ~ Joy James 1) Elizabeth Catlett Black Unity, 1968 image rp via mfah.org photog -Edward C. Robison III. © Catlett Mora Family Trust 2) Professor Joy James “Mapping History, Engaging with Possibility: Black Feminism(s) Today” Plenary Panel” | excerpt via Y*uTube/ISMediaServicesUO #demystifytheiconic #joyjames #elizabethcatlett #soulofanationartintheageofblackpower #wehavetosurviveamerica #whatdoesthecaptivematernalbecomewithinthestructureoffascism
#birthdayremembrance for the great African-American-Mexican artist Elizabeth Catlett, who was born #onthisday in 1915. She was primarily a sculptor but here are a few of her beautiful drawings and graphic works: Portrait (1979) Mexican Girl (c.1960-65) Links Together (1996) #Art #arthistory #ElizabethCatlett #womensart #AfricanAmericanart #Mexicanart #graphicart #drawing #socialrealism #1960s #1970s #1990s #printmaker #figurativeart #20thcenturyart #modernism #modernart
Q: Who was an Black American Mexican sculptor and graphic artist best known for her depictions of the Black American experience in the 20th century, which often focused on the female experience, the grandchild of formerly enslaved people, devoted much of her career to teaching, however, a fellowship awarded to her in 1946 allowed her to travel to Mexico City, where she settled and worked with the Taller de Gráfica Popular for twenty years and became head of the sculpture department for the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas, in the 1950s, her main means of artistic expression shifted from print to sculpture, though she never gave up the former, her work is a mixture of abstract and figurative in the Modernist tradition, with influence from African and Mexican art traditions, described as social realism, because of her dedication to the issues and experiences of Black Americans? A: Elizabeth Catlett, April 15, 1915 (2012) via Wikipedia #birthday #women #history #elizabethcatlett #BlackAmericanArt #MexicanArt #Sculpture #GraphicArt #FemaleArtists #ModernArt #SocialRealism #MexicanCulture #ArtHistory
Opening on September 13 in Brooklyn… Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies ✊ With over 150 of Catlett’s well-known and rarely-seen artworks across sculpture, prints, paintings, and ephemera, this exhibition traces a career of creative artistry and bold political activism. As a sculptor and print-maker, Catlett was committed to depicting the strength and struggles of both Black American and Mexican communities. In fact, the exhibition title takes inspiration from a talk Catlett gave in 1970, following a decade of exile from the United States in response to her political activism in Mexico. Catlett said: “I have been, am currently, and always hope to be a Black revolutionary artist and all that it implies.” The Brooklyn Museum looks forward to welcoming you to the first major retrospective spotlighting the visionary artist and unwavering activist, Elizabeth Catlett. Learn more about #ElizabethCatlettBkM at the link in our bio. Can’t make it to Brooklyn? You can experience the show in Washington, DC next year at the @ngadc. Generous support of the Brooklyn Museum presentation provided by Christie’s (@christiesinc) 🎨 Elizabeth Catlett. Black Unity, 1968. Cedar. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2014.11. © 2024 Mora-Catlett Family / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. (Photo: Edward C. Robison III) #ElizabethCatlett #BrooklynMuseum #sculpture #printmaking #exhibition
🎈On this day in art history, Elizabeth Catlett was born. In her prints, paintings, and sculptures, Catlett united a modernist approach to structure with a political sensibility informed by her experiences as a Black woman. She drew from family memories and autobiographical source material as she composed expressive portraits and busts that lionized the intricacies of Black identity: Labor, historical struggles, and the civil rights movement were frequent themes. Catlett studied at Howard University before pursuing graduate art studies at the University of Iowa. She eventually moved to New York, then to Mexico City, where she was inspired by the city’s lauded printmakers and muralists. • #ElizabethCatlett, New Generation, 1992
Happy Heavenly Birthday, Elizabeth Catlett!!! (1915 - 2012) These works are currently on view: 18 November 2023 — 16 Juni 2024 TOWERMMK TaunusTurm, Taunustor 1 @mmkfrankfurt #elizabethcatlett
Elizabeth Catlett (1915–2012) produced sculptures and prints across her more than six-decade career that drew on her personal experiences as an African American woman, mother, and émigré living in Mexico. Directly addressing people whose perspectives and experiences, like hers, had historically been excluded from artistic representation, Catlett developed a distinctive visual language defined by its carefully delineated forms and strong compositional focus. Merging the political with the personal, her work influenced younger generations of artists, including many associated with the Black Arts movement of the 1960s and ’70s, who shared her activist principles and commitment to harnessing art for Black liberation. + #elizabethcatlett #printmaker #sculptor #womaninart #blackvoices #america #usa #mexico #prints #blackarts #expressionism #africanamerican #birthday #bornonthisday #otd
Happy Birthday Elizabeth Catlett, sculptor and graphic artist best known for her depictions of the Black-American experience in the 20th century, which often focused on the female experience. Catlett received many awards and recognitions, including membership in the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana, the Art Institute of Chicago Legends and Legacy Award, honorary doctorates from Pace University and Carnegie Mellon, and the International Sculpture Center’s Lifetime Achievement Award in contemporary sculpture. #elizabethcatlett #blacksculptor #blackartist #blackartists #blackhistory
Happy Heavenly Birthday to Elizabeth Catlett (born on April 15, 1915 in Washington, D.C., d. 2012 in Mexico) Elizabeth Catlett BLUES, 1983 Color lithograph on cream wove paper Signed, titled, dated and numbered 126/130 in graphite pencil on the front Printed and published by the Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, PA. Frame included Rarely to market, "Blues" is one of Elizabeth Catlett's most impressive, dazzling and celebrated prints. Another impression was exhibited in the 2010 "Beyond The Blues" exhibition from the collection of the Amistad Research Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, and reproduced on the cover of the catalogue "Beyond the Blues" as well as the Arts Quarterly Magazine published by the New Orleans Museum of Art. This work is elegantly matted and framed in a hand made wood frame with beveled edges and blue accents in UV plexiglass. Click on link in our bio to join our mailing list #Alpha137Gallery #ElizabethCatlett #Catlett #Blues #NewOrleans #TulaneUniversity #Amistad #NewOrleansMuseumofArt #lithograph #printededitions #colorlithograph #artofthe1980s #iconicprints $iconicprint #bluechipart #limiededition
Today we honor Elizabeth Catlett, #bornthisday in 1915. A towering figure in 20th-century art, Catlett devoted her talents to capturing the essence and spirit of Black life. She famously said, "I want public art to have meaning for Black people, so that they will have some art they can identify with..." 🎨 In 1946, Catlett moved to Mexico on a fellowship, later becoming a citizen to escape the racial injustices of the United States. Despite her distance, she remained deeply connected to the Civil Rights movement through her art, notably in works like "Watts/Detroit/Washington/Harlem/Newark," which poignantly depict the struggles against racism and police brutality. Let's celebrate Elizabeth Catlett's enduring legacy and commitment to art that speaks truth to power. _ #ElizabethCatlett, Watts/Detroit/Washington/Harlem/Newark, undated . Linoleum print, 21 5/16 x 34 1/2 in. Purchase 2013 Helen McMahon Brady Cutting Fund | 2013.1
Happy Birthday to Elizabeth Catlett, who was born #onthisday in 1915. Elizabeth Catlett (1915–2012) was a graphic artist and sculptor known for her depictions of the African American experience in the 20th century. Incorporating figuration and abstraction, her work combined Modernist, African, and Mexican art traditions and addressed the female experience, as well as race, gender, and class. 🖼 Detail of: Elizabeth Catlett, "Waving," 1989, Lithograph, 23 3/8 x 17 in., Jane and Victor Darnell Fund, 1993.60 #nbmaa #americanart #elizabethcatlett
The artwork of the great Elizabeth Catlett (April 15, 1915– April 2, 2012), the Black American/Mexican graphic artist and sculptor best known for her depictions of the Black American experience in the 20th century. One of my favorite artists. Brilliant. #elizabethcatlett #blackamerican #blackamericanart #africanamericanhistory #africanamericanart #blackart #blackartist #blackwoman #blackwomendidthat #africanamericanculture #blackamericanculture #arthistory #artist #art #sculptress #graphicdesigner #printmaker #blackexcellence
Today, we celebrate the birthday of Elizabeth Catlett, a trailblazing artist who fearlessly used her talent to amplify Black voices and tell powerful stories. Born on April 15, 1915, Catlett’s successful career—in a period when Black artists were largely precluded from mainstream galleries, or finding support from art institutions—was unprecedented. In the 1960s she found new audiences within the the Civil Rights, Black Power, and Black Arts movements... and again, in the 1970s and ’80s, with the emergence of the women’s liberation movement. In 1946, Catlett moved from the US to Mexico, where she further refined a figurative sculptural style inflected by abstraction while increasingly focusing on the experiences of the working classes and, in particular, of African American and Mexican women. Works like Nude Torso (pictured here) demonstrate the direct figurative representation and celebration of the feminine body. The sculpture’s simplicity is also the source of its strength, with limbless shoulders ending in sharp, rising points in a pose of defiant self-possession. It might suggest a modern take on a Paleolithic “Venus” statuette, an abstracted Nike, or other female deities from across art history. From her iconic sculptures to her captivating prints, Catlett’s work continues to inspire generations. Let’s raise a brush, a chisel, or a right fist to this visionary artist. #ElizabethCatlett #ArtisticLegacy #Inspiration #BlackPower Img. Elizabeth Catlett, Nude Torso, ca. 1970
Elizabeth Catlett: born as Alice Elizabeth Catlett, also known as Elizabeth Catlett Mora (Apr 15, 1915 – Apr 2, 2012) was an African American sculptor and graphic artist best known for her depictions of the Black-American experience in the 20th century, which often focused on the female experience. via Wikipedia #bornonthisday https://palianshow.wordpress.com/2024/04/15/elizabeth-catlett-1915-2012/ #ElizabethCatlett #AliceElizabethCatlett #African American #sculptor #graphicartist #BlackAmerican #blackexperience #femaleexperience #art #PalianShow #womenartists #blackart
Elizabeth Catlett “Pensive” @expochicago #elizabethcatlett
Elizabeth Catlett, who explored explored themes relating to race and feminism in her range of sculpture, paintings, and prints, was born on this day in 1915. Pictured here is her work as it appeared on the April 2003 issue of Sculpture. Image: Naima (Head), 2001. Black marble, 15.5 x 8.5 x 15 in. Photo: Manu Sassoonian, Courtesy June Kelly Gallery. #elizabethcatlett #naima #head #sculpture
@sarahsentilles's STRANGER CARE is one of the most beautiful things I've read about motherhood in the past few years, and I am so honored to have her endorsement for my book. She writes, "Reading The Mother Artist felt like being with the best kind of friend: brilliant and honest and deeply invested in your creativity. Its pages are packed with artists who inspire, challenge, and alter the world by being both mothers and artists. Ricketts is right: rather than impeding artmaking, motherhood has something to add to it, something holy and urgent. She asks, 'How might the art mothers create change a society so marred by brutality?' The Mother Artist is a clarion call. The only reason you'll want to put down Ricketts's lyrical tour de force is to make more art." -- Sarah Sentilles, author of STRANGER CARE: A MEMOIR OF LOVING WHAT ISN'T OURS #artistmother #motherartist #mothersandmakers #philadelphiawriter #phillywriter #phillyart #artsinphiladelphia #elizabethcatlett #aliceneel #senganengudi #marilynnerobinson #madeleinelengle #joandidion @broadleafbooks
Elizabeth Catlett, born on this day in 1915, explored themes relating to race and feminism in her range of sculpture, paintings, and prints. Her works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, and the Art Institute of Chicago, among others. In 2003, Catlett was received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Sculpture Center. Image: Elizabeth Catlett, Singing Head, 1968. Bronze (1919-2012) Joyner/Giuffrida collection. SFMOMA. Photo: Rob Corder. #elizabethcatlett #singinghead #sculpture
Elizabeth Catlett - MAN, woodcut 2003 MAN is a hand pulled, original limited edition relief print created using woodcut and serigraphy(silkscreen) printmaking techniques on white archival heavyweight paper, 100% acid free. Print size 26 in (66.04 cm)x 17.75 in (45.09 cm), Edition size 250 published by the Print Club of Cleveland Available @mojoportfolio #elizabethcatlett #elizabethcatlettprints #woodcut #collectprints #printmaking
I'm painting this afternoon and listening to #thestoryofartwithoutmen by Katy Hessel. I'm learning so much about women artists and ashamed I know so little.I didn't even know until today that Leonora Carrington was from Lancashire. I first learned about #elizabethcatlett (who's just been featured) while taking part in the Redrawing Black History illustration course and loved her work. This illustration, of Catlett holding one of her sculptures, is one of my favourites of my illustrations, and not just from that course. @thegreatwomenartists @makeartthatsells
Elizabeth Catlett, Sharecropper (c. 1952) 44.8cm x 43cm Catlett once said that the purpose of her work was to “present black people in their beauty and dignity for ourselves and others to understand and enjoy.” Sharecropper calls attention to the tribulations of tenant farming—a system in which rent for the land is paid by the farmer with a part of the crop, creating an impossible-to-escape cycle of debt—while also offering a heroic portrait of an anonymous woman. As a sculptor and printmaker, Catlett blended figurative and abstract traditions with social concerns and maintained a deep belief in the democratic power of printed art to reach a large audience. Her printmaking practice included woodcut, screenprint, lithography, and, most importantly, linoleum cut, which she learned at the Taller de Gráfica Popular (People’s Graphic Workshop) in Mexico City. Founded in 1937, the workshop aimed to continue the Mexican tradition of socially engaged public art. It specialized in linoleum cut, a technique that produces inexpensive prints and can accommodate large editions. Catlett first visited this renowned workshop and artists’ collective while she was in Mexico on a fellowship in 1946, where she found a kinship with the Mexican muralists, including Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco. Like them she tried, she explained, to make art “for the people, for the struggling people, to whom only realism is meaningful.” #ElizabethCatlett #Sharecropper #MuseumofModernArt #MoMA #NewYork @themuseumofmodernart
Happy Birthday Elizabeth Catlett! 🥳 Born April 15, 1915, we celebrate you and your artistic legacy and commitment to social justice. “I believe that art should be an integral part of the community and that artists should use their work to address the issues and concerns of the people.” Featured in photo: David @davidmoracatlett, Joseph Kleineman, master printer - JK Fine Art Editions/Mojo Portfolio, #ElizabethCatlett Photograph taken in Mexico 2006 by Maureen Turci @mojoportfolio Elizabeth Catlett(1915-2012) born as Alice Elizabeth Catlett, also known as Elizabeth Catlett Mora was an American-born Mexican sculptor and graphic artist best known for her depictions of the Black-American experience in the 20th century, which often focused on the female experience.
We have devoted a section of our booth at #expochicago to images of strong and beautiful Black women made by three of my favorite artists: #elizabethcatlett , #candacehunter and #levmills . The fair is open today through Sunday at #navypier in Chicago. Whether you are buying art or not, we hope you will visit booth #375 to see our carefully curated selection of works by legendary #africanamericanartists . #lusenhopfineart #blackarthistory
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Please visit us at #expochicago, booth #375, beginning tomorrow when the fair opens for VIPs. Public hours begin Friday the 12th. We are excited to share new acquisitions, including drawings, prints, photographs, and sculpture by #edclark #elizabethcatlett #richardhunt #romarebearden #barbarajoneshogu #kerryjamesmarshall #levmills #bobbysengstacke #hankwillisthomas #calkowal #candacehunter #gwedolynknight #williampopel and others
#lusenhopfineart Gallery Manager Stacie Anderson carefully dusting the frame on the wonderful Ed Clark drawing that we installed today during final set up before the #expochicago art fair opening tomorrow. #edclark #edclarkart #elizabethcatlett
Elizabeth Catlett, Offering Education, Offering Life, Rejecting Injustice, 2003. The Rejecting Injustice sculpture commentates Mary Church Terrell’s leadership to help segregate a former department store in DC. All 3 of these sculptures reflect the struggle for equality and civil rights. #museumsoftheworld #museumsoftheworld #museum #museums #museumpics #museumpic #artmuseum #art #museum #washingtondc #dcmuseums #dcartscene #washingtonmuseum #smithsonian #smithsonianmuseum #smithsonianafricanamericanmuseum #africanamericanart #africanamericans #africanamericanmuseum #museumlobbyart #museumlobby #elizabethcatlett #offeringeducation #offeringlife #rejectinginjustice #marychurchterrel #marychurchterrell
The legendary and magnificent @themuseumofmodernart in NYC @newyorkcity.explore. . . . #moma #museumofmodernart #nyc #ny #bigapple #5thavenue #davidgeffen #picasso #pablopicasso #thecharnelhouse #elizabethcatlett #peterblume #davidsiqueiros #davidalfaro #maxbeckmann #esteelauder #estée #estéelauder #marcchagall #louisebourgeois #claudemonet #vangogh #matisse #paulgauguin #gauguin #artexhibition #artwork #artgallery
Elizabeth Catlett Malcolm X Speaks For Us, 1969/2004 Negro Es Bello II, 1969/2001 Negro Es Bello II, 1970 Study for Angela Libre, 1972 During the 1960s, although she was prohibited from traveling to the United States, Elizabeth Catlett increasingly focused her attention on the struggles for civil rights and Black Power taking place throughout her native land. Catlett expressed her embrace of the revolutionary promise of Black Nationalism and the Black Power ethos of self-determination and pride. With explicit reference to US Black political leaders and organizations such as the Black Panthers, she proclaimed her political affinities in prints such as “Malcolm X Speaks for Us”(1969/2004). Despite her expatriate status, Catlett had not been forgotten in the United States. As a younger generation of African American artists claimed her as a foremother, her work found renewed visibility. [Image description: 1 – One can see three adjoining heads, each in a different shade, in the lower left. Above it the side profile of a man —namely Malcolm X— is placed. Further upwards differing depictions of human heads, each respective illustration displayed next to one another. Amidst this, sole splatters of a brownish shade, similar to the overall hue of the work, can be seen. 2 – Here, two profiles of faces—one in the works lower right, the other in the upper left—corresponding in format and shade, are surrounded by a repeating, orange-colored badge, incorporating the symbol of the “Black Panther Party” as well as the inscription “Black is Beautiful”. 3 – One can see a work, identical to the previous, other than it now being black-and-white. 4 – Here, a depiction of Angela Davis is repeated six-times, filling the frame. Its respective color, however changes and ranges from blue to violet.] #mmk #mmkfrankfurt #museummmk #towermmk #elizabethcatlett ___ Elizabeth Catlett, Malcolm X Speaks For Us, 1969/2004; Negro Es Bello II, 1969/2001; Negro Es Bello II, 1970; Study for Angela Libre, 1972, © Elizabeth Catlett Family Trust / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024, photo: Axel Schneider This work is part of the exhibition “Elizabeth Catlett” at TOWER MMK (18.11.23–16.06.24)
Martin Puryear’s Lookout—Storm King view #martinpuryear #sculpture #art #robertrauschenberg #gopro #bigbling #americanart #kikismith #jacoblawrence #elizabethcatlett #publicart #faithringgold #charleswhite #sparebankstiftelsendnb #thcenturyart #cindysherman #massmoca #mikekelley #massmocamuseum #urbanart #outdoors #japan #arts #northadamsma #massacusetts #sundayfunday #museums #americanculture #martinpuryearinstallation #mcachicago
La impactante Elizabeth Catlet y su esposo Francisco Mora en el Museo Nacional de la Estampa @munaemexico #mujeresartistas #mujeresgrabadoras #estampa #grabadoenrelieve #serigrafía #collages #procesos #elizabethcatlett #muvigráfica #artwoman #womanprintmaker #🖤
‘Salon: Elizabeth Catlett’ is now live! The April 2024 edition of White Cube Salon focuses on Elizabeth Catlett’s ‘Magic Mask’ (c.1970–80), a rhythmic study of volume and void. Assimilating Catlett’s command of radical abstraction with the narrative expressiveness of her figurative sculpture, ‘Magic Mask’ demonstrates the profound capacity of organic form to convey essential human emotion. Projecting a humble authority, the sculpture’s elegant interplay of concaves and convexes pay homage to African and pre-Hispanic Mexican art forms while also finding a vital place within the modernist abstraction of 20th-century sculpture. Click the link in our bio to explore the presentation online until 30 April 2024. The first comprehensive survey exhibition of the artist's career is currently on view at The Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK), Frankfurt am Main, until 16 June 2024. A second major retrospective of the artist's work will open on 13 September 2024 at the Brooklyn Museum. Images: Elizabeth Catlett, ‘Magic Mask’, c.1970-80 © Catlett Mora Family Trust/VAGA at ARS, NY and DACS, London 2024. Photo © White Cube (On White Wall). #WhiteCube #ElizabethCatlett #WhiteCubeSalon #ContemporarySculpture
@umes_applied_design_ we are having a blast on our annual NYC trip! Yesterday we saw 5000 years of art at @metmuseum that culminated in a visit to the incredible exhibit “the Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism”, featuring works by #elizabethcatlett #charlesalston #archibaldmotley #horacepippin and many more. The entire exhibit was a highlight! Curator @denisemurrellphd has given audiences an incredible gift with this show. Don’t Forget to Call Your Mother, an exhibition of contemporary artists exploring family archives and found images, was also moving. Today we visit Chelsea and the Whitney. ☺️ @umesnews @umes_envision @umes_arteducation @commphotoumes @umessequentialarts
Evening Edition Artist: Elizabeth Catlett (American-Mexican, 1915-2012) Title: In Other Folk's Homes Made in 1946. Part of @ngadc #elizabethcatlett #Linocut #ArtMuseum #Printmaking #Art #ArtGallery #ArtOfTheDay #ArtDaily
Elizabeth Catlett Untitled, n.d. Mohamed, n.d. “Once in a while I do depict men because I love my husband and my sons. I share their sorrows and joys and I fear for them in the unsettled world of today”. –Elizabeth Catlett, 1983 [Image description: 1 – One can see the upper third of a boy’s body, extending his arm upon his head, while holding onto a piece of paper. 2 – Here, a drawing of a man can be seen. The contours around his eyes blend into a heavy contrast within the overall look of the work.] #mmk #mmkfrankfurt #museummmk #towermmk #elizabethcatlett ___ Elizabeth Catlett, Untitled; Mohamed, n. d., © Elizabeth Catlett Family Trust / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024, photo: Axel Schneider, Frank Sperling This work is part of the exhibition “Elizabeth Catlett” at TOWER MMK (18.11.23–16.06.24)
Elizabeth Catlett Sharecropper 1952, published 1968–70 “I am inspired by Black people and Mexican people, my two peoples.” Celebrating #Herstory with the legacy of Elizabeth Catlett. She drew inspiration from her African American and Mexican heritage, crafting art that spoke to the experiences of marginalized communities. Her work serves as a powerful reminder of the importance of representation and activism in art. #ElizabethCatlett #BlackArtists #MexicanArtists #ActivismInArt #PrintHistory #WomenInPrint #AlphaGraphics #PrintHerstory
Aisha’s Elizabeth Catlett's Keisha M. (2008) #elizabethcatlett
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🎨 ¡Hoy recordamos a una figura icónica del arte y la lucha por la igualdad! 🖌️ Elizabeth Catlett Mora, pintora y grabadora afroestadounidense nacionalizada mexicana, dejó un legado inolvidable. Aquí te dejamos tres datos fascinantes sobre su vida y obra: 1️⃣ Nacida en Washington D.C. en 1915, Catlett fue la menor de tres hermanos y provino de una familia de maestros. Su trabajo artístico, cargado de significados políticos, reflejó su compromiso con las causas sociales y la justicia. 2️⃣ Después de graduarse de la Universidad de Howard, Catlett se desempeñó como maestra de escuela, pero pronto abandonó este trabajo debido a los bajos salarios y la discriminación racial. Su viaje la llevó a instalarse en México, donde se naturalizó mexicana y se convirtió en una figura destacada en la comunidad artística de Cuernavaca. 3️⃣ Su producción artística abarcó una amplia gama de temas, desde la representación de la población afroamericana hasta el activismo político y la conciencia de género. Sus obras, presentes en importantes colecciones y museos de todo el mundo, continúan inspirando y provocando reflexión hasta el día de hoy. ¡Honramos la memoria de Elizabeth Catlett Mora y su contribución al arte y la lucha por la igualdad! 🌟🎨 #ElizabethCatlett #Arte #Activismo #Legado #mujereschingonas
#ElizabethCatlett. "Roots." 1981.