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Source: CHP
When speaking of Romare Bearden, one is tempted to say, "A great Black American artist." The subject matter of Bearden's collages is certainly Black. Portrayals of the folk of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, whom he remembers from early childhood, of the jazz musicians and tenement roofs of his Harlem days, of Pittsburgh steelworkers, and his reconstruction of classical Greek myths in the guise of the ancient Black kingdom of Benin, attest to this. In natural harmony with this choice of subject matter are the social sensibilities of the artist, who remains active today with the Cinque Gallery in Manhattan, which he helped found and which is devoted to showing the work of minority artists.
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Bearden's social sensibilities and the subject matter of his collages are mentioned by the author in order to explain
- A why one might be tempted to call Bearden a Black American artist
- B why Bearden cannot be readily categorized
- C why Bearden's appeal is thought by many to be ultimately universal
- D how deeply an artist's artistic creations are influenced by the artist's social conscience
- E what makes Bearden unique among contemporary Black American artists