This week we looked at some art by Michael Ray Charles who I find really interesting. He appropriates racist images to raise issues regarding race and we studied him in History of American Art too. He uses images like that of the mammy character and blows them up so that they are in the viewers face. He makes the figures look extremely gruesome and haunting which is one of the reasons his work has raised so much controversy. In one of his newest pieces "The Three Graces," he has three abstract sculptures standing together and they look like three members of the KKK.
We also talked about Marcel Duchamp who is one of my favorite artist. He was part of the Dada movement and created a lot of found art. One of his most famous pieces is "Fountain" and it is literally a toilet signed with R. Mutt 1917. There are certain pieces of art and certain art movements that have really raised the question, "what is art?" and I think "Fountain" is one of those pieces. I think the ability to create art that causes so much controversy is amazing.
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