Justin McHugh
2/27/2019
Pg. 40
“I got my first construction job via an experimental
theater buddy. Started out as a
laborer. Hauling things. In time, I became a taper… back in those days
a lot of visual artists did construction.
“
I found this quote interesting because these artists
are in a way building and working in construction which is in a way related to
art. An artist builds or creates from a material
in most cases, and that’s exactly what builders do in construction. In a way the piece of art is the design and
layout of the house along with the material used and the worker the artist with
different tools adding to the structure of the canvas, until a mural of a
completed house is done.
Pg. 50
“For Ortiz-Torres, who lives in southern California,
yard work is emblematic of the everyday labor of Latin American immigrants in
California.”
I like the art by Ortiz-Torres and how he related it
to the Latin American culture in California.
He specifically states that Latin American men and women are found
regularly in gardening or field jobs in California. These are immigrants.
Pg. 117
“In 1988, performance artist Andrea Fraser took on the
persona of a museum guide named Jane Castleton and led a critical and entertaining
tour of the collection of the Maryland Historical Society in order to represent
the racist histories that remained entombed there.”
I like how she infiltrated the museum and really
brought light out to the racist art. The
original guides probably ignored racist undertones within the museum.
Pg. 122
“A street stencil of a young African American on a
bicycle by the graffiti artist Swoon reads very different when placed on the
walls of the Guggenheim museum than it does on a brick wall in Brooklyn.”
I love this quote.
A piece of art can take on a whole different light or perspective when
it is taken and put in a location where it is not viewed normally such as an
urban setting verse a museum in a privileged neighborhood or upper-class
neighborhood.
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