Meat Joy
Author: Lee Krasner
Date: 1957
Place: New York, New York
Now presented: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Medium: Oil on canvas 92 3/4 × 203 3/4 in
Date: 1957
Place: New York, New York
Now presented: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Medium: Oil on canvas 92 3/4 × 203 3/4 in
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Untitled, From the Tree of Life Series
Author: Helen Frankenthaler
Date: 1952
Place: New York, New York
Now presented: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Medium: oil and charcoal on canvas, 86 5/8 x 117 1/4 "
Date: 1952
Place: New York, New York
Now presented: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Medium: oil and charcoal on canvas, 86 5/8 x 117 1/4 "
THE Holy Virgin Mary
Author: Chris Ofili
Date: 1996
Place: London
Medium: Paper Collage, Oil paint, glitter, Polyester resin, map pins, and elephant dung on linen
Here the artist captures a glittering painting of a stylized African Madonna. The painting is considered a contemporary bi cultural reinvention of the Western Madonna in which the artist employs material like elephant dung to reinforce the black Madonna's connection to the art and religion of Zimbabwe.
Date: 1996
Place: London
Medium: Paper Collage, Oil paint, glitter, Polyester resin, map pins, and elephant dung on linen
Here the artist captures a glittering painting of a stylized African Madonna. The painting is considered a contemporary bi cultural reinvention of the Western Madonna in which the artist employs material like elephant dung to reinforce the black Madonna's connection to the art and religion of Zimbabwe.
Rebellious Silence
Author: Shirin Neshat
Date: 1994
Place: New York
Medium: Black and white RC print and ink
From her 1994 "Women of Allah" series, Shirin explores how Iranian women are stereotyped by the West. In this photograph the women wear s a traditional chador but her face is visible, written over with calligraphy bisected vertically with a rifle barrel. She challenges the audience to see her as a individual while also being depicted as the stereotypical Iranian woman in a chador.
Date: 1994
Place: New York
Medium: Black and white RC print and ink
From her 1994 "Women of Allah" series, Shirin explores how Iranian women are stereotyped by the West. In this photograph the women wear s a traditional chador but her face is visible, written over with calligraphy bisected vertically with a rifle barrel. She challenges the audience to see her as a individual while also being depicted as the stereotypical Iranian woman in a chador.
Darkytown Rebellion
Author: Kara Walker
Date: 2001
Now presented: Musee d'Art Modrne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg
Medium: Cut paper and projection on wall
The artist depicts a scene of a slave revolt and massacre, while the figures are illuminated on the wall viewers venture into the space and become apart of the horrifying scene. Capturing black and white stereotypes the artist pushes us into a terrifying experience that disturbs us, while bringing to light the issue of racism. The piece engages us and changes our perception of the world around us.
Date: 2001
Now presented: Musee d'Art Modrne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg
Medium: Cut paper and projection on wall
The artist depicts a scene of a slave revolt and massacre, while the figures are illuminated on the wall viewers venture into the space and become apart of the horrifying scene. Capturing black and white stereotypes the artist pushes us into a terrifying experience that disturbs us, while bringing to light the issue of racism. The piece engages us and changes our perception of the world around us.
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