Artwork

Hell on Earth for a Black Man / Emory Biko

2005
Digital image IRC.2013.01565 showing Emory Biko's installation, Hell on Earth for a Black Man, at the Mattress Factory, 2005.
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Identifier

IWC.2005.268

Materials

paintings, sculptures, artifacts from personal museum

Description
The Hell depicted by Biko is not just a local Hell, nor just a national Hell, but Global designed for occupation by the Black Man. Creating his own artwork and drawing on fragments of his own personal collection (which is almost a museum in the making) he presents in a small compass a horrifying world that Hieronymous Bosch (had he been a black man) would have instantly recognized.
About the Artist
Emory Biko is the President and founder of "The Museum of the African's Experience in America." He maintains a collection of African-American memorbilia. He was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA.
November 17, 2005 – January 8, 2006