Important Concepts
Betye Saar
AfriCOBRA
Poetry
Photography
100
The artist who came up with the term "readymade"
Marcel Duchamp
100
Betye Saar's most used medium
Found objects (washboards, racist relics, etc.)
100
AfriCOBRA's main medium of artwork
Printmaking
100
Who is the author of Annie Allen?
Gwendolyn Brooks
100
What are the three main types of photography discussed in the lecture?
Representation, storytelling, and documentation
200
The Black Arts Movement officially started thanks to a poet named Amiri Baraka, when he opened the Black Arts Repertory Theater in ______.
Harlem
200
Betye Saar started making more radical works after the assassination of who?
Martin Luther King Jr
200
AfriCOBRA stands for
African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists
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What other form of poetry came from this movement?
Jazz
200
What subjects did the photographers generally focus on?
Historical moments, social issues, everyday life
300
The year in which the Black Arts Movement started
1965
300
What year was Betye Saar born?
1926
300
Chicago based artists, Jeff Donaldson, Wadsworth Jarrell, Jae Jarrell, Barbara Jones-Hugo, & Gerald Williams were originally apart of what group?
Organization of Black American Culture
300
Who is the author of the following poem:
"We want a black poem. And a
Black World.
Let the world be a Black Poem
And Let All Black People Speak This Poem
Silently
or LOUD"
Amiri Baraka
300
Where did James Van Der Zee take most of his photographs?
Harlem
400
A term that refers to cultural objects that are art, but are too meaningful to use functionally or in an art project
Cultural Readymade
400
What is the name of this piece by Betye Saar?
Black Girls Window
400
AfriCOBRA’s first exhibition in 1970 was titled ____.
Ten in Search of a Nation
400
Gwendolyn Brooks was the first African American to win what award?
Pulitzer Award
400
What is the title of this piece?
Untitled, Harlem, New York by Gordon Parks
500
A term referring to the pressure on members of a culture to represent their marginalized group
Burden of Representation
500
What is the name of this piece by Betye Saar?
Girl Children
500
Name the aspects of the AfriCOBRA mission
To create images that could be identified by and reflected on by black people
Eliminate the western idea of self
Honor the past, contextualize the present, & prepare for a bright future
Adhere to specific aesthetic principles
Propel social and political change in their communities
500
How many books did Gwendolyn Brooks write?
Over 20
500
What is the name of this image?
Three Main Characters by Lorna Simpson