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West Indian Day Parade
Dindga McCannon
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art
Dindga McCannon captures the vibrancy and energy of the West Indian Day Parade that has been celebrated in the streets surrounding the Brooklyn Museum since the mid-1960s. Rather than depict the locality of central Brooklyn, McCannon sets the parade (which she frequented in its earliest years) in a stylized landscape with patches of celestial blue sky and layers of earth that recall a pan-African heritage. Each elongated figure draws inspiration from the extravagant costumes and festivities that enliven Eastern Parkway.
MEDIUM
Acrylic, African fabric, polyester fabric
DATES
1976
DIMENSIONS
52 × 89 in. (132.1 × 226.1 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
2020.26
CREDIT LINE
Purchase gift of Elizabeth A. Sackler
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Dindga McCannon (American, born 1947). West Indian Day Parade, 1976. Acrylic, African fabric, polyester fabric, 52 × 89 in. (132.1 × 226.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchase gift of Elizabeth A. Sackler, 2020.26. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2020.26_PS11.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 2020.26_PS11.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2021
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© Dindga McCannon
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