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Course: Global cultures 1980–now > Unit 1
Lesson 10: Figuration, the body, and representation- Identity Politics: From the Margins to the Mainstream
- Stephanie Syjuco, The Visible Invisible
- Wangechi Mutu, Preying Mantra
- Wangechi Mutu, The NewOnes, will free Us
- Marina Abramović, The Artist is Present
- Rineke Dijkstra, Odessa, Ukraine, August 4, 1993
- Maryam Hoseini's Every Day Abstractions
- Jordan Casteel Paints Her Community
- Luchita Hurtado's body of work
- Shirin Neshat, Rebellious Silence, Women of Allah series
- Kehinde Wiley, Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps
- Kehinde Wiley, Ice T
- Kehinde Wiley, Rumors of War
- Yinka Shonibare, The Swing (After Fragonard)
- Shonibare, The Swing
- Freud, Standing by the Rags
- Kiki Smith, Lying with the Wolf
- Kiki Smith Quiz
- Catherine Opie, Figure and Landscape series
- Stefanie Jackson, Bluest Eye
- Linda Vallejo, The Brown Dot Project
- Rashid Johnson, Stacked Heads
- Amy Sherald, Precious Jewels by the Sea
- Michelle Browder, Mothers of Gynecology
- Douglas Coupland, Terry Fox Memorial
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Rashid Johnson, Stacked Heads
Rashid Johnson, Stacked Heads, 2020, cast bronze with black patina, plants, 304.8 x 121.9 x 121.9 cm (Storm King Art Center, Hudson Highlands, New York) © Rashid Johnson
Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris. Created by Smarthistory.
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Two commentators, one "artist's background", but two different readings of the artwork. Without the singular background, would the different readings be, perhaps, even more different from each other?(1 vote)