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Language Arts And English
+2 Age Levels Middle School (13 to 15 years old), Post-Secondary, Adults, High School (16 to 18 years old)
This collection explores the ways in which four American artists have used visual tools to share a message. In Amendment #8, Mark Bradford uses his layered paper and mixed media technique to challenge the viewer to consider how we are living up to the ideals of our founding documents. In Portrait of Mnonja, Mickalene Thomas references the art historical canon to address African American representation in museums. In Life Magazine, April 19, 1968, Alfredo Jaar manipulates a historical photograph to make visible the racial disparities it contains. And with her installation Folding the Chesapeake, Maya Lin begs us to see the critical importance of caring for the waterways around us.
Created for an April 16, 2018 webinar with Montana teachers.
Art as Argument: Contemporary Artists' Voices
- Published by:
- Smithsonian American Art Museum & Renwick Gallery
- Created by:
- Phoebe Hillemann
- Date Published
- April 13, 2018
- Last Modified
- August 17, 2022
- Description
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This collection explores the ways in which four American artists have used visual tools to share a message. In Amendment #8, Mark Bradford uses his layered paper and mixed media technique to challenge the viewer to consider how we are living up to the ideals of our founding documents. In Portrait of Mnonja, Mickalene Thomas references the art historical canon to address African American representation in museums. In Life Magazine, April 19, 1968, Alfredo Jaar manipulates a historical photograph to make visible the racial disparities it contains. And with her installation Folding the Chesapeake, Maya Lin begs us to see the critical importance of caring for the waterways around us.
Created for an April 16, 2018 webinar with Montana teachers.
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