Against the Pan-African colors in a chevron pattern, a swan’s neck extends toward the peak of this diamond-shaped canvas. Notice how the swan’s flailing figure shatters the work’s precise geometry. On the right, a circular form warps into patchy pools muddled by feathers matted into the paint. Playing off the idea that people need to “straighten up and fly right,” Frank Bowling uses the swan struggling towards the sky as a charged symbol of freedom.