Art History Midterm

Slave Rebellion Reenactment (2020)

A reenactment of the Deslondes’ German Coast Uprising of 1811, the largest rebellion of enslaved people in US history. Rebellion included people taking up arms and seizing New Orleans Territory, to fight for emancipation, and the end of slavery. Freedom of assembly

Las Tesis, 2019

Use of music and art to translate the transnational feminism. Social work, as it works to provide awareness. Accessible on a multi-sensorial level. Bring art outside of museums and galleries to allow for the collective that can be repurposed by many. Ensures that feminist art does not remain an abstract concept, and created work that can be recreated by anyone.

On the Impossibility of Freedom - Dread Scott

Performance piece referencing to civil rights protests. An endurance performance with the artist their body in the artwork itself. Metaphor for oppression and the struggle that black americans face. Hands held up to show non-violent protests.

A man was, 2015

Installation piece Updated flag (added the ‘BY POLICE’) of the one hung outside NAACP national headquarters (events that weren’t showcased on the news). Made shortly after Walter Scott’s death.

What is the Proper Way to Display a US flag?

3 Piece participatory installation. Flag on floor, book on counter (people’s reactions written) and poster (2 part poster 1 with US flag being burned by people invaded by US, while the bottom shows soldiers coffins) Compare the flags in the poster, to the one you stand on. After this the US attempted to pass a law that would make desecrating the US flag illegal (US v Eichman). Scott protested by burning a flag outside the US capitol.

Blood Quantum

Gallery Collage. Pieces of her arm, collaged together to form the full arm. 4 different exposures to show 4 different skin colors. Ways in which the gov wants to police her identity. Paint on arm to represent tattoo (colonial gov. imposing control over people)

Danse Sauvage - Erica Lord

Photograph of Erica dressed as one of Josephine Baker’s characters. Uses this to respond/talk about (Exoticized) Native women. By playing the role in front of the camera she is actually mocking the objectification. This relates to Baker’s work as she exaggerated herself as a double-edged sword (working for male gaze, while also mocking it)

The Artifact Piece

Reperformance of another artists work (James Luna, The Artifact Piece). Critique on how natives are displayed in museums. Endurance performance

Four Seasons - Wendy Red Star

Wendy dressed in traditional Crow clothing, while being surrounded by fake nature. Critique of dioramas and certain displays in museums. Discusses how natives (and native women) are viewed as something from the past. The fake/modern decoration connects her to present. Bison skull possible reference to bison being killed to starve Native people.

Apsaalooke Feminist #1

Erica Lord as a Native Feminist

Produces work with other marginalized groups in order to deconstruct institutionalized devices of oppression and enable the unpacking of them in dialogical spaces her art provides