Hannah Hall 3rd Floor Murals

Item set

Title
Hannah Hall 3rd Floor Murals
Description
3rd floor, Hannah Hall, Texas Southern University

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  • [unknown]
    science imagery, fumes coming from beaker, piped in background and blue/green tones - damaged, chipping paint
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    includes mushrooms, spider web, embryos, motherhood, different shades of breast in front of globe, scorpion with scroll on top of scrobe that dates October 3rd - no damage
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    featured horses on hillside and river - damaged
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    features longhorns, fence and cattle cars/railroad - damaged
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    there are birds flying and landscape in background - sepia tones, column going through middle - damaged
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    there are Genesis and biblical scenes and references to science, mostly blue and beige and there is a chip missing out of wall
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    uses green hues and features child and woman on opposite sides of column on wall - damaged
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    Heliton's mural captures the emotion and environment of a mid-20th century jazz club. Vocalists, a bassist, trumpeters, and a saxophonist are depicted in a fervent state of artistry. Heliton chose a corner spot for his mural, which lends a sense of depth to the piece, similar to how a jazz band would be physically arranged.
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    Afrocentric, three seated figures, houses and greenery, abstract people in foreground, plants and masked adorned with human figures - no damage
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    village scene, with plane flying overhead, three large facial figures, three seated people who are cooking or working with pottery - damaged
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    possibly unfinished - red and black hues, features hands and arms and one main face - possibility another mural covered by bulletin board - no damage
  • The Castration of Humanity
    Davis’ mural is a commentary on the conflict between technology & progress and history & culture. African statues are shown with their genitalia replaced by machines. Davis painted this mural in response to the destruction of several Hannah Hall murals for windows looking into a new computer lab. He foresaw that his own mural may also be damaged.
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    very narrow space, greenish blue, one figure with heavy cross hatching, moon in background - some damage
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    depiction of civil rights over time, Thurgood Marshall, Justice Earl Warren, school desegregation, children playing, importance of educational uplift - no damage
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    included the military escort for school integration, flag, church, shotgun house in background, lots of fold in clothing (painting style) - some damage (top of staircase)
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    geometric human figures, trumpet, saxophone, worship scene, possibility of woman with cloth on heads, partially covered face, various blocks of cool colors - no damage
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    two children being hugged by large figure, all wearing colorful and textured clothing, moon in background - no damage
  • Fire Fighters
    red hues and crosshatching, includes feet and legs (above staircase doors) heavy damage
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    moon/sun, book with rays of light coming out, hammer and sword, a balance, a geometric pattern and there are angels wings included - no damage
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    stingrays with dessert, mountain, underwater scene possibly, dripping paint style possible water damage - possibly unfinished
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    geometric with vibrant colors, there are three scenes, surrealist, includes shotgun house, church, school and references to laundry and clothes - no damage
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    uses blue and dark hues, outstretched hand and three faces/bodies- no damage
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    green and dark hues, swamp with rave, butterfly and lotus flower, sickly figures appear to be fleeing from something (separated by several doorways and cutouts)
  • Katrina Jazz
    Green fled New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina and then became a Texas Southern art student. His mural’s quintessentially New Orleans themes are linked by floodwaters running throughout the composition. It features baby Moses about to be floated down the Nile, enslaved people at a market, the Creole river goddess Mami Wata, and the Superdome.
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    layered images included newspaper from 3010 and apocalyptic and spirit released from jar, blue, white and black colors (above stairway door) - heavy damage