Summary Of Strange Fruit By Cerny

For women of color, it is as if society was against them two times. As if being a woman is not already hard enough, don’t throw race into the picture as well! As this piece was viewed, my mind could hear “Strange Fruit” playing in the background. The struggle of living during such a depressing time is visible in the gaze of Miss Holiday. Ironically enough, since this painting as well as others in the gallery were of African American jazz musicians, I assumed that the artist themselves would also be of African American decent and I was incorrect. This was only odd for the emotion stirred in me by the piece was far too spot. Although many aspects of African American culture is hard to grasp for someone who is not of that decent, Cerny does a