Urban Wall Suit
Jae Jarrell
Contemporary Art
As one of the co-founders of the Black Arts Movement collective AfriCOBRA, fashion designer Jae Jarrell made one-of-a-kind clothing using the bright hues the collective called “Coolade” colors, a wordplay on a popular children’s beverage. Jarrell’s vibrant garments exalt black families and culture and were worn by the artist in her daily life. She wrote that her Ebony Family dress “always got good vibes from our [AfriCOBRA] members, no doubt, because my political stance on nurturing the strong loving Black family is real, and personally experienced. We regarded the members as extended family.”
MEDIUM
Sewn and painted cotton and silk, two-piece suit
DATES
ca. 1969
DIMENSIONS
37 1/2 x 27 1/2 x 1/2 in. (95.3 x 69.9 x 1.3 cm)
install dims: 53 1/2 × 18 × 12 in. (135.9 × 45.7 × 30.5 cm)
(show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER
2012.80.16a-b
CREDIT LINE
Gift of R.M. Atwater, Anna Wolfrom Dove, Alice Fiebiger, Joseph Fiebiger, Belle Campbell Harriss, and Emma L. Hyde, by exchange, Designated Purchase Fund, Mary Smith Dorward Fund, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, and Carll H. de Silver Fund
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Jae Jarrell (American, born 1935). Urban Wall Suit, ca. 1969. Sewn and painted cotton and silk, two-piece suit, 37 1/2 x 27 1/2 x 1/2 in. (95.3 x 69.9 x 1.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of R.M. Atwater, Anna Wolfrom Dove, Alice Fiebiger, Joseph Fiebiger, Belle Campbell Harriss, and Emma L. Hyde, by exchange, Designated Purchase Fund, Mary Smith Dorward Fund, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, and Carll H. de Silver Fund, 2012.80.16a-b. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2012.80.16_front_PS9.jpg)
IMAGE
front, 2012.80.16_front_PS9.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2013
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