User:Hicung/Emory Douglas

Emory Douglas (born May 24, 1943) is an American graphic designer that was a member of the Black Panther Party from 1967 until the Party disbanded. As former Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party and Revolutionary Artist, Douglas created icons to represent black-American oppression.

Collaborations

 * EDELO (En Donde Era La Onu) : At Chiapas, Mexico, a collection of embroideries called EDELO (En Donde Era La Onu) [Where the United Nations Used to Be] was a work that was in collaboration with Douglas, the Woman’s Zapatista Embroidery Collective, and Caleb Duarte.
 * 2014, We Can Be Heroes: With Australian Indigenous artist Richard Bell, both artists merged their experiences in the Indigenous rights movements of Australia with the Black Power movement of America. The collaboration resulted in a work that is set after the 1968 Summer Olympics medal presentation for track and field. Australian Peter Norman stands in solidarity with African Americans Tommie Smith and John Carlos.
 * 2018, Black Lives Matter Global Network with Frieze NY for an art fair that showcased We Shall Survive Without A Doubt, a work of Douglas that can be seen on the back cover of The Black Panther, Issue #30.
 * 2020, Da 5 Bloods: Award-winning filmmaker Spike Lee and Douglas adapted his anti-Viet-Nam war graphic that was in The Black Panther newspaper for Lee's film Da 5 Bloods.

We Can Be Heroes Inspiration
The year following Douglas's new BPP membership, the 1968 Summer Olympics took place. It was then when Peter Norman joined sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos, who were both holding up the Black Power salute, in solidarity by wearing an “Olympic Project for Human Rights” badge. Upon returning to Australia in 1968, having set the Australian men's record for the 200-meter dash, Norman received backlash from the Australians at home. "Race in Australia was still contested at the time; until 1967, Aboriginal people were not even counted in the national census."

Exhibitions

 * 2007-08, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Black Panther: The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas.
 * 2008, Station Museum of Contemporary Art, DEFENDING DEMOCRACY.
 * 2009: The New Museum, Emory Douglas: Black Panther.
 * 2016-17, Urban Justice Center, We Have Nothing to Lose but Our Chains.
 * 2016-17, Oakland Museum of California, All Power to the People: Black Panthers at 50
 * 2017, Tate Modern, Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power.


 * 2018, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Emory Douglas: Bold Visual Language.
 * 2018, Denison Museum at Denison University, Emory Douglas: Revolutionary Artist of the Black Panthers.

Iconography
Police as pigs, rats. represented women. black Americans as heroes. slogans, ‘All Power to the People’, ‘Revolution in our Lifetime’, and his use of pigs and rats for the first time, to represent police and politicians, have become part of everyday language.

Technique
Douglas used black and an additional color for the Black Panther and its shoestring budget. Douglas also was distinct to use thick black lines in his graphic art to delineate the contours of his subjects.

Awards

 * 2015 AIGA Medalist.
 * April 2019, San Francisco Art Institute awarded Douglas an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts.