2/21 This is what I know about Art

 Quotes This is what I know about Art

"If being in the arts has taught me anything, it is that one of the wisest things anymore can say is "I Don't Know". (7) 

- I can see how she is trying to show her own interest in her art. Where she is explaining the important information in her own expression of her doing artwork and making it as her own story which in the beginning she wasn't too much into art and now in college she can began to experience more because she was interesting drawing when she was little and now she is making her own experience about her own art and what does she know from the beginning to right now.  But also telling people to show their own expression of studies.

"I, on the other hand, felt solidarity with the artists need to highlight the shameful history of the world's fair and how, more often than not, people of color are brought into art spaces to perform for white audiences. How couldn't my classmates see beyond their guilt"?. (26)

- Which is true where she was the only person of color to show her artwork in front of white audiences. And also from the professor where the professor showed a video that brought audiences into tears and anger. But also she wanted to show her reaction and her thought in front of everyone but she couldn't because she thinks that the audience will not agree anything with her and including the professor. Which she thinks there is going to be arguments. But she knows that is going to be tough to bring her reaction and show something for audiences to see because nobody will approve anything to her due to her color.  

"Back then, I remember thinking how implausible it was that I was working at Creative Time, and, more specifically, how inconceivable it was that a Black young person from New Jersey was being invited into such an exclusive world." (33)

- It is understandable because this shows how she became a successful person and improving herself in front of the people. But also using her one power which is social media to show of her art which she uses activism for her artwork and making it so that creative time can see what she can do and showing her why she started to work in there in the first place.

Artwork

Self Portrait- Jean Michael Basquiat 

One artwork by Jean Michael Basquiat is one inspiring artwork that he made where this artwork shows about a black figure trying to do his artwork. Which looking at this does show how a black person trying to do a perfect artwork which signifies on how that figure looks like a mess and looking like he is focusing on too many things which looks like the reaction looks like this figure is really struggling with a lot of things. But this also defines on how people can be going through with tones of things that has happen to themselves. Which also includes Kimberly Drew where she had struggling with tone of things and trying to get people's attention but nobody is giving her attention. But this portrait does shows how can this give a message to people to see that this person is struggling and trying their best to give attention.