Art as Protest

The visibility of art makes it a powerful means of agency to reach audiences’ consciousness. The legacy of the Black Arts movement teaches that art need not singularly perform the function of the aesthetic or of utility. Rather, it can toe the line between both in its exploration and representation of the human condition. For centuries, the intersection of ethics and aesthetics in art has been a subject of interrogation. Today, artists, black artists in particular, continually situate thems

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