Pretty much all of Sargent Johnson's Art is dope.

The work of Sargent Claude Johnson, a nationally renowned black artist, is very inspiring to me because of the fact that he worked exclusively in tangible mediums like sculpture and carving. Tangible art appeals to me a lot more than two dimensional art because it feels realer, and Johnson's art captures that feeling very well. His pieces focused on the natural beauty of black people, and he conveyed that feeling through a very ancient sort of style that gives off a very African vibe. He simultaneously reconnected with his roots and expressed the beauty of his people.
Look at the first piece up there. Its so full of texture you want to reach out and touch it, the features of the face and the hair are clearly black, and it almost looks like something we would wear in Mama's Afro-Haitian class. During his career (1926-65), inherently black art like Johnson's was not well respected, and even a lot of the artistic pioneers of the Harlem Renaissance just worked African-American themes into preexisting American art styles. I respect Johnson and his work because he took it one step further and reinvented an old, more ancient, tribal art style to send his messages. Sargent Claude Johnson's work is representative of the HR theme of revival.