Zapantera Negra: An Artistic Encounter Between Black Panthers and Zapatistas (New & Updated Edition)

• Thousands of activists and revolutionaries have been inspired by the Black Panther’s and the Zapatistas' politics and graphics.

• The historical legacy of the Black Panther Party has only grown and the art and aesthetic of their struggle featured prominently in the uprisings for George Floyd and Breonna Taylor

• Emory Douglas's work on the Black Panther newspaper has circulated widely in cultural and counter-cultural spaces. He is receiving greater recognition for the role his art played in shaping the look and politics of the Black Panther Party

• Douglas has had major exhibitions in Chelsea, major solo museum shows, his first, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles (“Black Panther: The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas”), the New Museum and the Studio Museum, a influential monograph by Sam Durant

• This new edition will include further conversations with Emory Douglas and reflections on the collective work in Chiapas

• The work created as part of the Zapantera Negra encounter has been shown in museums, including Emory Douglas: Bold Visual Language • at LACE LA Contemporay Exhibitions

• Douglas continues to share his knowledge with other generations and cultures—as he did here with the Zapatistas—which builds an audience and advocates for this book

© 2022 Common Notions (Ebook): 9781942173632

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Ebook: 26 april 2022