First Advisor

Kiara Hill

Date of Award

Summer 8-2025

Document Type

Closed Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Black Studies and University Honors

Department

Black Studies

Language

English

Subjects

Grief, Mourning, Black/African American, African Diaspora, Art, History

Abstract

Black Artists in Conversation With Black Grief is a creative thesis project that examines how Black and Diasporic artists engage the topic of Black grief.. This exhibition includes the following artworks: Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death (2016), a short documentary by Arthur Jafa, Icon of a Revolution (2020), a mural by Peyton Scott Russell, an excerpt of Wole Soyinka's words from the 2020 Hekima Series, and Blackhood: A Living Archive (2021), a sculpture by Ndidi Dike. These artworks are also in conversation with artworks: choose to be happy (2022) (title should have a strikethrough), Mourning Daunte's 'Justice' (2022), and Through Your Eyes Brother (2023), created and presented by student researcher and Black American artist, Morrison Atlas. This exhibition aims to provide a creative introduction to technical research that is still being conducted by Atlas on Black grief.

Comments

This thesis is only available to students, faculty and staff at PSU.

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/44192

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