Description

Bronzeville Etudes & Riffs is inspired by the lore and legends, the heroes and scoundrels of South Side Chicago between the World Wars. It is wisdom, passed down through generations. It is research in African American press archives, original oral histories and memories, real and imagined. It is a fine art portfolio, inspired by our forebears, the creators of the Black Metropolis and the Chicago Renaissance – ancestors who were compelled by the great migration yet persevered and sometimes thrived in spite of great migration and Jim Crow. This 12’x12’ portfolio contains forty-two 12”x24” panoramic spreads of original art compositions marking the fifty year career in media art of Philip Mallory Jones.