In the late 1960s, Jarrell cofounded AfriCOBRA (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists), an artists’ collective formed in Chicago with the intent of exploring and defining a global black aesthetic grounded in a shared African heritage. This vibrant, agitprop screenprint derives from Jarrell’s iconic Revolutionary (Angela Davis) (1971, Brooklyn Museum), painted in homage to the renowned political activist and intellectual. As in the painting, Davis wears a \"revolutionary suit\" designed by Jarrell’s wife, Jae, which incorporated a cartridge shoulder belt. Davis speaks into a microphone, with words and phrases—\"love,\" \"resist,\" \"I have given my life to the struggle\"—as well as the capital letter B (for \"black,\" \"bad,\" and \"beautiful\"), spilling into and completely filling the pulsating surface, which is executed in high-keyed \"Kool-Aid\" colors intended to evoke an uplifting response in the viewer.
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