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Showing posts with label Hale Woodruff. Show all posts
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Monday, April 15, 2013
Physical Design Issues Illustrated
Chicago's downtown Cultural Center (1893), on Washington St, besides being a physically stunning building, is hosting an exhibition of paintings by Hale Woodruff (1900-1980). An Illinois native, Woodruff spent much of his working life in Alabama and Georgia. His work has a common theme of black empowerment. That he was also sensitive to issues of physical design is shown in these two murals painted in the 1940s.
"Results of Poor Housing"
"Results of Poor Housing"
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