The Black Art Depot Today http://blackartblog.blackartdepot.com Your #1 Source for News About African American Art Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:29:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Unjustified Pressure by Jerome T. White http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blackartdepottoday/~3/9nIr2SMM10s/unjustified-pressure-jerome-white.html http://blackartblog.blackartdepot.com/features/featured-black-art-print/unjustified-pressure-jerome-white.html#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:29:58 +0000 Haasim http://blackartblog.blackartdepot.com/?p=1826

Unjustified Pressure by Jerome T. White

Unjustified Pressure
Jerome T. White

This work of art was created in the memory of our ancestors who struggled and sacrificed to give us the civil rights and liberties that we enjoy today. It features a group of African Americans being sprayed with water from a fire hose while peacefully protesting and fighting the injustices and racism of their day and age. Learn and Live the Legacy.

Image Size: 18×18 inches Paper Size: 18×18 inches Medium: Offset Lithograph
Edition Type: Limited Edition Edition Size: 300 Signed: Signed and Numbered
Collection: N/A Retail Price: $85.00 Our Price: $85.00

One of Jerome T. White’s newest and most celebrated works. This print, inspired by the African American struggle for civil liberties, is the perfect way to beautify your home, office, church or daycare. It also serves as a great inspriational piece that will make sure that none who set their eyes upon it will ever forget where we, as a people, came from.

Available in our: Jerome T. White Art Gallery

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Behind Every Great Man by Kevin "WAK"

Cleopatra at the Sphinx
Tim Ashkar

Image Size: 21×18 inches Paper Size: 22.5×19.75 inches Medium: Offset Lithograph
Edition Type: Open Edition Edition Size: N/A Signed: N/A
Collection: N/A Retail Price: $30.00 Our Price: 24.00

This piece by Tim Ashkar features his interpretation and vision of Cleopatra at the Sphinx during her reign in Ancient Egypt prior to Egypt becoming a Roman Province.

Available in our: Black History Art Gallery

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Mercy by Frank Morrison

Mercy
Frank Morrison

Available in our: Frank Morrison Art Gallery

Image Size: 20×38 inches Paper Size: 20×38 inches Medium: Giclee on 150lb. Watercolor Paper
Edition Type: Limited Edition Edition Size: 100 Signed: Signed and Numbered
Collection: Month of Sundays Retail Price: $600.00 Our Price: $450.00

Frank Morrison’s newest release entitled Mercy is a companion piece to “Heaven Sent” and features a true angel sent from the Most High that will have mercy on our souls and deliver us from evil.

Available in our: Frank Morrison Art Gallery

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Isaac Burns Murphy Portrait

1. Isaac Burns Murphy is considered the greatest Jockey of all time. He won over 44% (628 of 1,412) of his races which is a record that most experts agree will never be broken.

Isaac Burns Murphy on Horseback

Isaac Burns Murphy on Horseback

2. Isaac Burns Murphy was actually born Isaac Burns and changed his last name to Murphy to honor his Grandfather when he became a jockey at the age of 14.

3. Mr. Murphy was the jockey when “Kingman” won the Kentucky Derby. To date, this is the only horse owned by an African American, Dudley Allen, to win the Kentucky Derby.

4. Isaac Burns Murphy was the first jockey to win three Kentucky Derbys and was the only jockey to win the Kentucky Oaks, Kentucky Derby, and the Clark Handicap all in the same year. This amazing feat was accomplished in 1884.

Isaac Burns Murphy by Gerald Ivey

Isaac Burns Murphy by Gerald Ivey

5. He was the first jockey inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, NY. He is also one of only two African American jockeys to have received this honor.

6. Isaac Burns Murphy died of Pneumonia in 1896 at the young age of 36 years old after an extended battle with alcohol abuse and weight gain that forced him into retirement.

7. The Isaac Murphy Award is given every year to the jockey that has the highest winning percentage by the National Turf Writers Association and the American Derby was renamed the Isaac Murphy Stakes (Chicago, IL) in 1997.

8. Isaac Murphy’s distinguished record includes three Kentucky Derby wins, four American Derby wins, and five Latonia Derby wins.

9. Many do not know that Isaac was respected as much for his integrity as his skill on horseback. He refused to let any gamblers bribe him to lose a race and always rode to win.

10. Isaac Burns Murphy was a real estate investor and one of the first African Americans to own a racehorse.

View this print in our: Gerald Ivey Art Gallery

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Make Me Whole by Fred Mathews

Make Me Whole
Fred Mathews

Image Size: 34×17 inches Paper Size: 34×17 inches Medium: Hand Embellished Giclee on 150lb. Watercolor Paper
Edition Type: Open Edition Edition Size: N/A Signed: N/A
Collection: Black Religious Art Retail Price: $250.00 Our Price: $175.00

After almost two years without a release in the art market, Fred Mathews is not back with a beautiful new ethnic religious art print. “Make Me Whole” was made to remind us who is the only person that call truly fill that “Hole in our Soul” and make us all feel complete.

Available in our: Black Religious Art Collection

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Practice Makes Perfect by Frank Morrison

Practice Makes Perfect
Frank Morrison

Image Size: 39×39 inches Paper Size: 40×40 inches Medium: Giclee on 150lb. Watercolor Paper
Edition Type: Limited Edition Edition Size: 50 Signed: Signed and Numbered
Collection: Cutest Kids Retail Price: $500.00 Our Price: $375.00

Available in our: Frank Morrison Art Gallery

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Heaven Sent by Frank Morrison

Heaven Sent
Frank Morrison

Image Size: 19×37 inches Paper Size: 20×38 inches Medium: 150lb. Watercolor Paper
Edition Type: Limited Edition Edition Size: 100 Signed: Signed and Numbered
Collection: Month of Sundays Retail Price: $600.00 Our Price: $480.00

Frank Morrison’s newest work shows how sometimes the best gift a strong sister can get is the “Gift of a Good Man”. A man that is truly “Heaven Sent”. Enjoy Mr. Morrison’s latest creation!

Available in our: Frank Morrison Art Gallery

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The Lord is My Strength

The Lord is My Strength
Ebony Elements Figurines & Gifts

Height: 7.5 inches
Price: $20.00
Collection: Ebony Elements

Our Spotlight Collectible for this week comes from our Ebony Elements Figurines & Gifts Collection and is entitled “The Lord is My Strength”. It is a beautiful ceramic cross that is perfect for your home and will remind you of the Source of Your Strength!

Available in our: Ebony Elements Figurines & Gifts Collection

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Behind Every Great Man by Kevin "WAK"

Behind Every Great Man
Kevin “WAK” Williams

As a MAN fights off the burdens & pressures of life to protect his family, his woman who is anchored in her FAITH supports him in prayer and is not facing him as not to judge him as he strains to push through. The young girl knows that her parents are united and she is at PEACE, the baby knows the answer & points towards the heavens because it’s GOD that has the answer!

Image Size: 24×36 inches Paper Size: 24×36 inches Medium: Offset Lithograph
Edition Type: Open Edition Edition Size: N/A Signed: N/A
Collection: N/A

Kevin “WAK” Williams latest piece is a true joy. As someone who has always admired his subject matter and technique this print definitely does not disappoint. It shows how prayer works, why the woman has always been the backbone and spiritual link in most families, and how any succesful man or person for that matter must have the proper support structure in place. And while spiritual support starts in the heavens, physical and emotional support should hopefully start in the home. Enjoy WAK’s latest creation!

Available in our: Kevin “WAK” Williams Art Gallery

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Strangely Fruitful by Edwin Lester

Strangely Fruitful
Edwin Lester

I heard through a certain vine, that there were some not so kind.  Stories tell of how they hung many out to dry.  Generations struggled yet still we got by.  Swinging in that heat, over time our fruit became sweet.

Became Wise.

To their suprise, our now aged raisins improvised.  Strange to them, we capitalized on the given time and reseeded to reproduce and become a sweeter, wiser, race of abundant, delicious fruit.

Image Size: 18×35 inches Paper Size: 19×36 inches Medium: Lithograph on 100lb. Cover Stock
Edition Type: Limited Edition Edition Size: 1200 Signed: Signed and Numbered
Collection: N/A

This is Edwin Lester’s latest creation entitled “Strangely Fruitful”. If you look closely you will see the faces of some of our recent ancestors on the grapes. Icons such as Redd Foxx, Nina Simone, Michael Jackson, Martin Luther King, Jr., Shirley Chisolm, Rosa Parks, Frederick Douglass and more!

All channeling their spiritual energy and qualities that made them great into the next generation of greatness.

Available in our: Edwin Lester Art Gallery

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