Research paper – How does this artwork function engage with issues of representation

Research paper – How does this artwork function engage with issues of representation

Research and select an artwork from one of the selected artists listed. You will then select from one of two prompts and discuss how their work engages with, disrupts, and/or perpetuates the selected theme. Narrow your argument to focus on a specific vantage point (i.e. gender, race, etc.) when discussing what the artist is engaging with via the work.

Selected Artists: Betye Saar, Judy Chicago, Mónica Mayer, Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle, Sandra Eleta

1. How does this artwork function against (in accordance with) historically misogynistic conceptions of (white) male ‘genius’? Does the work convey the artistic intent engendered to it? How? 

2. How does this artwork function engage with issues of representation (that is, representation of whatever it is that the artwork is eliciting, be it gender, race, etc.)? What identity politics are at play here and how does that charge (or hinder) the work?