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Barbara Jones-Hogu, Rise and Take Control, 1971, screenprint on paper, overall: 23 1⁄8 × 35 1⁄8 in. (58.7 × 89.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the American Art Forum, 2021.26.2, © 1971, Estate of Barbara Jones-Hogu
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Rise and Take Control
- Artist
- Date
- 1971
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- overall: 23 1⁄8 × 35 1⁄8 in. (58.7 × 89.2 cm)
- Copyright
- © 1971, Estate of Barbara Jones-Hogu
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase made possible by the American Art Forum
- Mediums Description
- screenprint on paper
- Classifications
- Subjects
- African American
- Figure — fragment — face
- Occupation — other — reformer
- Object Number
- 2021.26.2
Artwork Description
Jones-Hogu is known for the expressive lettering in her prints. Her texts range from simple slogans to passages of poetry, such as the quote that appears in Rise and Take Control from "For My People" (1937) by Margaret Walker, a leading poet of the Chicago Black Renaissance. The message in When Styling'--"When Styling Think of Self-Determination-Liberation"--celebrates fashion and hairstyle as important forms of Black creativity and political resistance.