HOA 106 1nd Edition Lecture 23 Outline of Last Lecture II 20th Century 1980 Present a History and Ideas b Architecture c Sculpture Outline of Current Lecture III 20th Century 1980 present continued a Art and Identity b Pluralism c Video and Computer Art d Social Consciousness in Film Current Lecture Lecture 4 23 15 Art and Identity o Racial Equality Linked with MLK Jr s passive resistance practices and Malcom X s black power stance Betye Saar The Liberation of Aunt Jemima Mixed media image of a mammy stereotype that depicts the typical African American servant The mammy has large red lips and hair is tied back in checkered handkerchief She is holding a gun in her hand Colescott Les Demoiselles d Alabama Mimics Picasso s Les Demoiselles d Avignon Replaces with black women wearing colorful clothing Kara Walker Work on Progress Silhouettes which depicts African American slavery and white aristocrats These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Kehinda Wiley After Memling s Portrait of Maarten o Feminism and Gender Identity Book The Second Sex by Simon de Beauvoir Niki de Saint Phalle Black Venus and Empress Black Venus is a large figure of a black woman wearing a colorful one piece suit Comments on standards of beauty Empress is a gigantic walk in house like figure of a colorful black woman with large breasts The inside is beautiful with mirrors and glass mirrors Ana Mendieta Tree of Life from the Silvetas series Renaissance depiction of black man Draws attention because black people were hardly represented in art historically Photo of a tree with the artist blending into the tree and holding her arms in a goddess position Judy Chicago The Dinner Party Gigantic table shaped in a triangular form Place settings represent a famous woman of history Controversial because the place settings were all shaped like vaginas Cindy Sherman Untitled 276 Photographs herself and disguises herself in stereotypical roles of women This image is a satire of a Cinderella virgin innocent princess Robert Mapplethrope Self Portrait Black and white portrait of artist with his shirt off Wearing make up and feminine hair style Artist caused controversy with homoerotic subjects Pluralism o Blends American society with other culture s stereotypes Morimura Portrait Futago Mimics Manet s Olympia Artist depicts himself as the prostitute and poses with feminine qualities Wears a wig and heels El Anatsui Between Earth and Heaven Meant to resemble an African hand woven cloth Is made out of aluminum copper wire and recycled materials Video and Computer Art o Nam June Paik Megatron o A wall of video monitors with changing images Monitors become part of a larger image Noriko Yamaguchi Keitai Girl Humorous and ironic Artist transforms into her cellphone Social consciousness in film o Film makers around the world address the oppressed people around the world mostly women and children Ridley Scott Alien Mira Nair Salaam Bombay Film Addresses women s authority roles Exposes life of India s illiterate children that live life in the streets Yimou Raise the Red Lantern Chinese director reports the situation of Chinese women who remain oppressed and mistreated under patriarchy society Banned in China Music Phillip Glass Koyannisqatsi Earie music that plays along with a movie of tragic events