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

http://www2.ljworld.com/photos/2007/sep/09/131517/

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).