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Digital Archive Now Dig This!: Art and Black Los Angeles 1960–1980
Art David Hammons, Afro Asian Eclipse (or Black China)
Afro Asian Eclipse (or Black China), by David Hammons, 1979

David Hammons, Artist
Afro Asian Eclipse (or Black China) , 1979

Medium
Mixed media
Dimensions
43 x 16 in. (109.2 x 40.6 cm)
Credit Line
Hudgins Family Collection, New York. Photo by Tim Nighswander/IMAGING4ART

Using visual elements with Asian references, such as the scroll, Hammons emphasizes and also celebrates the connections between Asian and African culture in the United States.