My Life After the Death of My Mother

Title: My Life After the Death of My Mother
Description: Samples’ mural unfolds like a dream, with each panel above the central figure (the artist himself), who is asleep on a table, revealing a constellation of scenes from the artists’ youth. Lower window panels evoke a harmonious existence with nature and animals, while upper panels reveal struggles with racism in the South and his mother’s death.
Creator: Bertram (Bert) Samples
Date Created: 1977
Medium: unknown
Spatial Coverage: 1st floor, Hannah Hall, Texas Southern University
Extent: 109 x 126 in.

Item sets: TSU Hannah Hall Murals; Hannah Hall 1st Floor Murals; TSU Permanent Collection; TSU Permanent Collection 2D Items