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Title
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Art of the Negro: Interchange
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Date
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1945--1952
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Contributor
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Atlanta University Comission
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Description
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Hale Aspacio Woodruff was an artist and art educator known for his murals, paintings, and prints from Cairo, IL. Interchange, the second panel in the Art of the Negro mural series, depicts Africans exchanging knowledge of arts and sciences in antiquity.
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Additional Subject
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African diaspora
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Racial uplift
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Social life and customs
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Afrocentrism
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Architecture
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Educators
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Current Location
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2nd Floor, Trevor Arnett Hall, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA
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Location
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Atlanta
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Fulton County
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Georgia
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USA
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Type
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Murals
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Medium
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Oil on canvas
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Measurements
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11 ft. x 11 ft.
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Format
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JPEG
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HBCU Identifier
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1952.013
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HCAC Identifier
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HCAC.CAU.111
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Rights
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All rights held by the Clark Atlanta University Art Museum. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact Clark Atlanta University Art Museum, Clark Atlanta University, (404) 880-6102 Attn: Museum Director.
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Contributing Institution
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Clark Atlanta University
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Source
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Clark Atlanta University Art Museum
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Language
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English
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Notes
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Interchange (2) depicts Africans exchanging knowledge of arts and sciences in antiquity. He shows African, European, and Eastern Mediterranean people in dialogue with icons from their respective cultures. He intentionally places the African figures’ heads higher, signifying their role as generators and instructors of knowledge.
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About This Record
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