Viewing page 2 of 9

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

And then the dreamer's dreamer had his balloon busted on a Memphis motel balcony. And that was the last balloon. And it was Chicago again and Harlem again, and San Francisco and D.C. and Cleveland and everywhere. And COBRA was born.* And Law and Order. And off the pig. And we angrily realized that sleepers can die that way. Like Fred and Mark and very legally. And COBRA coiled angrily. Our coats were pulled. And the anger is gone. And yes, Imamu, it's Nation Time.

We are a family - COBRA, the Coalition of Black Revolutionary Artists, is now AFRICOBRA - African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists.** It's NATION TIME and we are searching. Our guidelines are our people - the whole family of African People, the African family tree. And in this spirit of familyhood, we have carefully examined our roots and searched our branches for those visual qualities that are most expressive of our people/art. Our people are our standard for excellence. We strive for images inspired by African people/experience and images which African people can relate to directly without formal art training and/or experience. Art for people and not for critics whose peopleness is questionable. We try to create images that appeal to the senses - not to the intellect. The images you see here may be placed in three categories:

1. definition - images that deal with the past
2. identification - images that relate to the present
3. direction - images that look into the future.

It is our hope that intelligent definition of the past, and perceptive identification in the present will project nationfull direction in the future - - look for us there, because that's where we're at.

This is "poster art"-images which deal with concepts that offer positive and feasible solutions to our individual, local, national, international, and cosmic problems. The images are designed with the idea of mass production. An image that is valuable because it is an original or unique is not art - it is economics, and we are not economists.*** We want everybody to have some.

Transcription Notes:
.