This schizophrenic painting by placid Anemia can represent the two-ness that W.E.B. Du Bois describes in his book. He writes, “an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled striving; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from it from being torn asunder.” The man on the right is different from the man on the left; he is represented as subordinate than the man represented on the left. Do Bois state’s that African American’s saw themselves through other people’s eyes rather then their own.
Certainly an interesting artistic connection to make. I like the idea that you picked something that had darker colors and almost a melancholy tone,as Du Bois emphasizes the two worlds an African American must face.It certainly highlights this idea of the image of two people stemming from the same place.Personally I linked Du Bois' idea of two-ness, as this painting could suggest, to having an outer persona and an inner persona. What I mean by this is the idea that everyone has the self they show to society (how society views them) VS the way they view themselves. Hence I feel this painting, unique as it is, is a very good representations to the many different faces of one person.
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