Family Ark (Diptych), is a print designed along with John Biggers print, Family Ark.
From the Artist:
"The side panels fit together to form a diptych (two panels). The leopard in the left panel stands with a ceremonial seat fit for royalty on its back. An elephant stands in the right panel. In African mythology, animals are often given exaggerated human traits, some good and some not. One of the animals here is associated with courage and ferocity while the other one possesses dignity, wisdom, and patience"
Born in Gastonia, NC, printmaker and muralist John Biggers earned a BFA, MFA, and PhD from Pennsylvania State University. In 1949, Biggers founded what is now the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at Texas Southern University, Houston. He i...
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