![]() “I have always wanted my art to service my people – to reflect us, to relate to us, to stimulate us, to make us aware of our potential,” Catlett once said. The raised fist is a symbol that is widely known and associated with Black Power today in 1968, the prolific artist Elizabeth Catlett produced a large mahogany fist in a sculpture entitled Black Unity, with two faces carved into the back of the hand. The peak of the Black Power Movement in the US roughly dates from 1965 to 1985 Soul of a Nation largely covered this period, extending a few years either side. The struggle for racial equality continues, and the artists and artworks featured in the 2017 exhibition are as relevant as ever. ![]() ![]() Today, protests continue in cities around the world – the biggest since those that took place in the 1960s – in response to the murder of George Floyd at the hands of a white police officer in Minneapolis. Curated by Zoe Whitley, who is currently director of London’s Chisenhale Gallery, and Mark Godfrey, Soul of a Nation looked back to 1963, and how over 60 artists in America responded to the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Power movement which followed. ![]() In July 2017, Tate Modern staged the exhibition Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power. ![]()
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