Ghana Dancers
Category: Big Art. Bigger Change.
Address
1010 Lamar St
Houston, TX 77002
Details
Artist: Alex Arzu
Its purpose is to pay tribute to the legacy of John Biggers (1924-2001), this incredible African American artist based in Houston, and world renowned for his social realist murals and symbolic paintings. John Biggers, the muralist, the painter, the philosopher, and the educator!
He was one of the first African American artists to travel to Africa to study different cultural traditions as part of a @unesco fellowship in 1957. It had a profound effect on his work, and he viewed this trip as the most significant event of his life.
This artwork depicts two Ghana women dancing in celebration for the successful harvest of the year’s crops. This signature work, with women looking away from the viewer, also reflects one of the artist’s favorite sayings: “You can tell more about an individual from the back, because too often human beings would wear a mask.”
It supports inclusive quality education and the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4.
