Tag: henry moore

• Artist a Day Challenge No.4: Elizabeth Catlett

  In November I saw “Sharecropper” by Elizabeth Catlett at LACMA.  I loved the depiction of the duality of strength and despair shown as byproducts of exploitation in this piece.  As a graphic designer and sculptor in the 30’s and 40’s, much of Catlett’s art highlighted African-American and Mexican women as caretakers, patriarchs, workers and nurturers; her work was used as a platform…

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  February 4, 2015

  Art, black history, Los Angeles, Modern Art, Museums, sculpture

  brancusi, elizabeth catlett, grafica popular, graphic artist, henry moore, LACMA, mexico, political activism, Sculpture, sharecropper