Green Beans lap Monica Stewart's Rhythm depicts 3

Monica Stewart's Rhythm depicts 3 black woman

Ships rolled and unstretched

The composition's verticality mirrors the athlete's upward leap and ambition

" originally started as a practitioner of breaking

Each with their arms crossed against their chest as they look away from the observer

Green Beans lap Monica Stewart's Rhythm depicts 3From a new series by Kadir Nelson called "The African American" series, the artist pays homage to the African men and women cast into slavery bringing with them age old African traditions and wisdom passed down from generation to generation. Here, the age old ritual of snapping green beans and readying them for last meal of the day is demonstrated by a woman proudly sitting on the front steps of her humble whitewashed home, snapping freshly washed