Post on 31-Dec-2015
1975-PresentGender Identity/Feminism
Appropriation
Untitled #96
Ringgold, Quilting Bee in Arles, 1991Gees Bend Quilts
Race /National Identity
Puryear, A Ladder for Booker T. Washington, 1996
Murano Glass
Ralph Ellison: “Art is the mystery that gets left out of history.”
Take-Home TestDue: Thursday at 3:30Format: Typed, 10 minutes per question
1. Fully Identify both of the works shown. Discuss how both works use image and text to express the power of women.
2. Fully identify both of the works shown. Discuss how both works express the relationship between women and commodity culture.
3. Fully identify both of the works shown. Discuss how both works show the influence of more than one culture.
4. Fully identify both of the works shown. Discuss how both works convey messages about cultural values.
5. Fully identify both of the works shown. Discuss how each work creates a sacred space (consider materials, siting, and massing. Be sure to connect the work to a specific faith).