The African/African American Shared Understanding Project is a unique visual arts intitiative designed to enhance interest in the arts and humanities by examining the parallels between contemporary art from South Africa and art produced by African Americans. The exhibition highlights contemporary South African and African-American art across socio-political boundaries, while exploring shared issues such as subjugation, gender, urbanization, poverty and hope. Two examples of such issue-based art are "Anatomy" by Archie Byron and "Afro-centricity" by Charles Nelson. "Anatomy" probes gender, while "Afro-centricity," a take on Picasso's "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon", examines the impact of Africa on the development of Modern art.
The African/African - American Shared Understanding Project at Morehouse College is partially supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Support for this initiative is also provided by Smithsonian Institution and by an advisory board that monitors and supports the development and expansion of new and existing curriculum in the humanities.
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