God's Child

Work on Paper

DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

God's Child

Entry/Object ID

2018.10

Description

Little girl in yellow raincoat and oxfords against black background with green and red text

Artwork Details

Medium

Twelve color screenprint on Arches 88 paper

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul Art Museum; Gift of David Lusenhop in honor of the Artist

Made/Created

Artist

Hogu, Barbara Jones

Date made

2009

Ethnography

Notes

US Chicago

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Location

BL/Recto

Transcription

'29/30'

Notes

Inscription Type: graphite

Location

BC/Recto

Transcription

[Title]

Notes

Inscription Type: graphite

Location

BR/Recto

Transcription

[Artist's Signature]

Notes

Inscription Type: graphite

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

civil rights, political concepts, social science concepts, youth (people), people (agents), screen printing, printing (process)

Hierarchy Name

Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), People (hierarchy name), Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name)

Facet

Associated Concepts Facet, Agents Facet, Activities Facet

Dimensions

Dimension Description

plate/image

Width

14 in

Length

23-1/4 in

Dimension Description

sheet

Width

19 in

Length

28-1/4 in

Interpretative Labels

Label

Chicago-based artist Barbara Jones-Hogu (American, 1938-2017) was committed to promoting positive images that could inspire and uplift the Black community, using her art to advocate for racial equality and empowerment. As a central figure of the Black Arts Movement and founding member of the African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists (AfriCOBRA) she shaped the aesthetic philosophy of the organization and was instrumental in developing the group’s signature use of language in their works. The prints she generated could be produced and distributed widely with relative ease, and many were sold for only $10. Throughout her career she worked in painting, printmaking, film, and education and contributed to Chicago’s Wall of Respect mural.