Biggers’ early work was infused with examples of social realism. He traveled to Africa several times after his UNESCO tour, and his work increasingly embodied the social and cultural themes he experienced while on the continent. In the 1960s, Biggers was one of the first black artists of the era to embrace an integration of African and African American influences in his work. By the 1980s and 1990s he began incorporating themes of birth and rebirth as he incorporated more feminine concentrations into his work.
