Thee Black Aesthetic
March 24-27, 2026.
Group exhibition celebrating the work of Black art students at Illinois State University.
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Show poster. Words "Thee Black Aesthetic" in white followed by the list of artists and tthe words "Scan ofr Gallery Hours and exhibitions." Bheind is are two brown handsands with lit up fingernals, and a black shape like a head
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Canvas with a large balckish brown abstracted head resembling some African sculpturein the foreground, And in the background a table with plates, and people sitting around it, turned at an angle.
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Abstract painting with a black field on top and a misxture of grees on the bottom. Red and orange shapes flow hrought the canvas, In the middle is a brown hand spilling green paint. Above it in white is written "What is your purpose?"
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Oil painting of a window looking out on a pool where brown skinned people are playing. At the bottom a faucet is visitble. Near the top are trees and a sun setting
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A vase of torso and legs of a womans body, with full breasts, glazed a warm medium brown. At the top a red heart hanges from the top edge of the vase.
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Two views of a young black woman applying lip gloss. The mood is festive and innocent, with background of pink and yellow.
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An American flag with red and black stripes and a green field with black stars. In gront of it a young man without a face spreads his arms to the sides. A black bird wit a crucifix is above him with wings srpead.
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In the center a figure with brown skin and black hair. She wears a colar, and a bird comes from her neck. Behind her are strips of red, grey and green. Ar the right we see a brown hand pulling this flag across to cover a red white and blue American flag.
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An anatomically realistic heart made of clay and glaxed red has a seed shaped gap in the middle, as if it has been cut open. The is criscrossed by wires that reference stitches, though they fail to hold the heart together.
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Afgainst a blue background, a girl and a boy stand, dressed up like grown ups, perhaps the versions of themselves society expects them to fulfill. He is wearing a baseball cap and jeans that are too big for him. She wears heels, and carries a babydoll and a handbag.
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On a brightly colored couch a little girl with wiff inher hair and a blue top sleeps peacefully with her head on the arm of the couch.
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A painting of a brown skinned black woman in a blue swimsuit, leaning on a red checked cloth on the ground. She is smiling and looking at us, taking a picture.
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Closeup image of a black girl or woman, painted in a flat graphic stylle. She is smiling and reveals gold on her front teeth. In bubbles around her face are the words "Love" and "Respect."
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Relistic image of a young black woman wih long dark hari, and bare shoulders turns her face to the sun, closes her eyes and smiles. Behind her is water and hills.
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Image is a collage made up of maps and iamges interpersed and superimposed on the maps. At the left is a face, with one eye, and uplifted eyeborw communicating sadness, and a jawline. The figures other eye and mouth are covered by the maps.
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In the middle is a field of medium to light brown with a yellow cast, and in the very center two eyes that are empty and white, with tears falling, a nose and full lips. Around the sies are abstraced shapes in blue, dark green, yellow, ochre and black.
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A young black person with short titlly curled hair, blue eyeshadow and a pink sweatshirt looks out at us. She is wearing earbuds and a pink sweathshirt that reads "There's No Shame."
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PHotograph, Against a black background a woman Black woman sits at three quarters view, looking into the middle distance as if ddep in thought. One arm hands over the back of her chair. The other hand supports her chin.
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Photograph titled blue. A young black woman siets in the ar on a white box, elebows on knees and hands supporting her chin. She is looking to our right, out of the frame. Above her is a blurry white tank top such as an athelete might wear.
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Brown ink drawing of two black girls, one older one younger, looing at the camera. Eeah wears a matching checked shirt.
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A blac man looks down at his hand with an expression of skepticim and suprise. He wears a light beard, his eyebrowns are raised and his lips are turn up to the left. He wears a blue shrt with a white collar. Behind him are red and white stripes
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A woman with deep ochre skin smils at the center of the image, looking up to ur left. Around her the background is a soft green, and leaves come down from the sides of the image. Her hair appears to be lmade up of green leaves.
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Painting of a brown hand holding a purple and white gem, a red cross of wood, and two legs, seen inperspective from above.
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wall shot with two previus images.
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