APAH Global Contemporary #1,2,3

Trade (Gifts for Trading Land with White People)

By: Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

Native American

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Medium: oil and mixed media on canvas

Red = blood and anger

Trade = unfair, Native Americans got less than what they traded for

Depicts ongoing effects of imperialism

Pisupo Lua Afe (Corned Beef 2000)

By: Michel Tuffery

New Zealand/Pacific Islands

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Medium: mixed media

Shows ecological and health issues of population due to canned food

Shows Pacific Islanders great reliance on imported foods

The Swing (after Fragonard)

By: Yinka Shonibare

British/Nigerian

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Medium: mixed media

Highlights growing economic difference between classes

Shows male gaze

Skirt made of African fabrics

Old Man's Cloth

By: El Anatsui

Ghana/Nigeria

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Showcases traditional African culture

Uses alcohol bottles to show alcohol abuse because of the slave trade and other disparities

Medium: Aluminum and copper wire

Shibboleth

By: Doris Salcedo

Columbian/UK display

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Immigrant experience in Europe

Medium: Installation

Untitled (#228), from the History Portrait series

By: Cindy Sherman

American

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Medium: photograph

Displays the artist as Judith after slaying Holofernes

Dancing at the Louvre

By: Faith Ringgold

African American

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Media: acrylic on campus, tie dyed, pieced fabric border

Reconsiders how art should be experienced

Challenges us to consider the expectations of gender and race

Rebellious Silence

By: Shirin Neshat

Iranian/American

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Challenges stereotypes of Muslim women

Veil shows a symbol of strength and religion

Internal conflict between tradition and modernity

Medium: ink on photograph

Lying with the Wolf

By: Kiki Smith

German/American

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Displays feminine domesticity

Medium: ink and pencil on paper

Shows intimacy between human and animal

Darkytown Rebellion

Kara Walker

African American

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Shows racism's enduring impact on society

No distinguished figures

Medium: cut paper and projection on wall

Preying Mantra

By: Wangechi Mutu

Kenya/America

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Shows her gender, sexulaity, and cultural identity

Questions how we see race and sexulaity

Displays female subjectivity

Medium: mixed media on Mylar

Horn Players

By: Jean-Michel Basquiat

Caribbean/American

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Illusions to skat and jazz

Medium: acrylic and oil paintstick on 3 canvas panels

Inspired by Picasso

Summer Trees

By: Song Su-nam

Korean

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Shows Korean wash painting tradition

Emphasizes Korea's national identity and heritage

Medium: ink on paper

A Book from the Sky

By: Xu Bing

Chinese

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The characters look authentic but are meaningless

Response to Chinese Cultural Revolution

Encourages reflection on how we consume information

Medium: mixed media installation

Earth's Creation

By: Emily Kame Kngwarreye

Australian Aboriginal

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Connected songs, storytelling, and dance

Shows Australian "green time"

Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

En la Barbería no se Llora (No Crying Allowed in the Barbershop

By: Pepon Osorio

Puerto Rico/America

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Medium: mixed media installation

shows symbols of masculinity along with domestic violence and homophobia

Critiques Latino masculinity

Pure Land

Mariko Mori

Japanese/American

Possible features of interest:

Medium: color photograph on glass

Symbolizes purity and nirvana

Shows Japanese spiritualism and meditation