Malcolm:  A Lifestyle

 
Malcolm:  A LifestyleFlorian Jenkins, The Life of Malcolm X, June 15–October 15, 1972, acrylic on cotton canvas and linen canvas. Commissioned by the Afro-American Society, Dartmouth College; P.972.231.

Malcolm:  A Lifestyle

Florian Jenkins, The Life of Malcolm X, June 15–October 15, 1972, acrylic on cotton canvas and linen canvas. Commissioned by the Afro-American Society, Dartmouth College; P.972.231.

 

Panel Details

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Panel in Context

This panel is located around the fireplace on the south wall in the main common room.

This panel is located around the fireplace on the south wall in the main common room.

 

Questions to consider:

  1. Jenkins describes the different faces of Malcolm X in this panel as “attitudes.”[i]  What different attitudes do you recognize in each of the facial expressions.

  2. Similar to The Leader, the heads toward the right hand side of the mural are facing the future.  What other themes might the two panels share? In what ways are they distinctly different?

 
 
 

[i] Florian Jenkins, “The Temple Murals,” 1972; reprinted in Life of Malcolm X by Florian Jenkins, Stefan Bradley and Crishuana Williams (Hanover, NH: Hood Museum of Art, 2014).