Untitled (Denizulu Dancer & Grandassa Models during Garvey Day Parade)
Kwame Brathwaite, American, 1938 - 2023
1967, printed 2022
Archival pigment print
1/5
Image: 15 1/16 × 15 1/16 in. (38.3 × 38.3 cm)
Sheet: 19 1/8 × 19 3/16 in. (48.5 × 48.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Contemporary Art Fund and the Sondra and Charles Gilman Jr., Foundation Fund
© Kwame Brathwaite
2023.1.1
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
none
Label
A man and three women sit on the trunk of a moving convertible with signs taped to it in traditional parade fashion. All are wearing African or Afrocentric clothing and hairstyles. As the car goes by, several children surround it, fascinated. This photograph depicts a male member of the African diasporic Dinizulu dance troupe and three models from the Grandassa Models group participating in the annual Marcus Garvey Day parade. The man’s sponsor was the DanceAfrica group of dancers, drummers, and singers that performed throughout the United States and the Caribbean promoting African artistic culture. The models were part of a group that traveled around the country promoting natural hair and African-inspired clothing and jewelry, much of it made by the models themselves. Kwame Brathwaite and his older brother founded Grandassa Models in the early 1960s to support Black women who were participating in Black pride and the “Black is beautiful” movement.
From the 2024 exhibition And I'm Feeling Good: Relaxation and Resistance, curated by Alisa Swindell, Associate Curator of Photography
Course History
Art History 5.01, Introduction to Contemporary Art, Mary Coffey and Chad Elias, Winter 2024
Art History 83.07, Keywords for ARTH: Race, Mary Coffey, Winter 2024
Theater 10.55, African and African American Studies 32.15, Curating Black Theater, Monica Ndounou, Spring 2024
Exhibition History
And I'm Feeling Good: Relaxation and Resistance, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 20-April 13, 2024.
Provenance
Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, California; sold to present collection, 2023.
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