Evaluate how the 2022 paintings of Christine Melosa Basquiat, We Fight and Guns

Evaluate how the 2022 paintings of Christine Melosa Basquiat, We Fight and Guns and Moses include themes located in The Narrative of Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman The Moses of Her People, and the “Introduction” in Picturing Frederick Douglass: An Illustrated Biography of the Nineteenth Century’s Most Photographed American.
Lastly, offer a brief comment about the effectiveness of art, images and representations in their ability to engender change.
Note: You must draw on all five sources. These include:
1. Frederick Douglass’ Narrative
2. Harriet Tubman’s Narrative
3. Intro to Picturing Fredrick Douglass
4. Paintings: (1) We Fight and (2) Guns and Moses.
Sources & Contextual Information
• “We Fight” (Frederick Douglass) and Guns and Moses (Harriet Tubman) can be found on Christine Melosa
Basquat’s webpage (scroll down) “We Fight” & “Guns and Moses”
• For contextual background information on Christine Melosa Basquiat – (cousin to famous artist Jean Michelle Basquiat) see CMB Website. Who is Christine Melosa Basquiat?
• For contextual background information on Jean-Michel Basquiat – see handout reading
• “Introduction” in Picturing Frederick Douglass: An Illustrated Biography of the Nineteenth Century’s Most
Photographed American