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"title": "Heritage: Wadsworth and Jae Jarrell",
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"did_you_know": "Look closely to find the words \u201cAfrican Rhythm,\" \"Our Heritage,\u201d and \u201cBlack Funk\" emerging from the musicians\u2019 heads.",
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"description": "In this painting, dense patterns in vivid colors comprise the figures of two jazz musicians. Phrases including \u201cAfrican Rhythm,\u201d \u201cOur Heritage,\u201d and \u201cBlack Funk\u201d emerge from the dynamic composition. The subjects and visual traits of this work are rooted in the priorities of the artist collective AfriCOBRA (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists), of which Wadsworth Jarrell was a cofounder. Formed on the South Side of Chicago in 1968, AfriCOBRA was foundational to the Black Arts Movement\u2014the aesthetic branch of the Black Power Movement that flourished in the 1960s and 1970s. After leaving Chicago, Jarrell settled in Cleveland, where he now lives and works.",
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"citation": "Rutland, Beau. \u201cAcquisition Highlights 2016: Contemporary Art.\u201d Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 57, no. 2 (March/April 2017): 8-11.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: P. 11; Mentioned: P. 7, 10",
"url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2017-02/page/n5/mode/2up"
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"citation": "Th\u00fcring, Reto and Dowling, Nalani. \"Creative Heritage: Wadsworth and Jae Jarrell continue to create work that reflects their African roots.\u201d Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 57, no. 6 (November/December 2017): 10-11.",
"page_number": "Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 11",
"url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2017-06/page/n5/mode/2up"
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"citation": "Jarrell, Wadsworth A. AFRICOBRA: Experimental Art toward a School of Thought. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2020",
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"updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:53:43.653000"
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