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#arth287 I like how many black artists have reused the familiar image of Aunt Jemima to represent black liberation and power. Like she has gained power from her boxed role like the rest of the black community.

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#arth287 I like how Adrian Piper plays with racial stereotypes to fit the cultural image of black men. She makes fun of the trivial boxes placed on black people. If you don't fit in them, either physically or personality-wise, people discredit your blackness.

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#arth287 I love Kehinde Wiley's presidential portrait of Obama. It's so creative to represent his American and global identity through flowers in the background.

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#arth287 I've been shown the works in Kehinde Wiley's: "A New Republic" and I've always loved them. I admire how he takes regular people and gives them authority and power through painting, posing, positioning, and mimicking.

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#arth287 I love that Barkley L. Hendricks' "Birth of the Cool" captures the attitude and fashion of the subjects. It feels like looking at a time capsule.

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#arth287 I love that she flips the traditional historical relationship of the gaze and the subject. The power rests on the subject, erasing the sense of ownership behind the gaze.

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#arth287 The idea of portals Njideka Akunyili Crosby speaks on is so creative. I feel it truly represents the different cultural backgrounds that created aspects of US culture and familial ancestry.

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#arth287 Njideka Akunyili Crosby creates art based on her personal cultural collision. It seems like it is also physically represented by the mixing of collage with painting.

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#arth287 I admire Mickalene Thomas' 'I Can’t See You Without Me' erasing the objectivity of women and bringing power back to subjects.

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#arth287 It's interesting Mickalene Thomas said the portrait “Portrait of Mnonja” was a self-portrait in a way. Even if she portrays another person she still puts herself in the painting.

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#arth287 I love that Senga Nengudi's RSVP series aimed to inspire people to respond and open the viewer's mind to what is considered and expected of art.

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@HartzogTasso I love this. It made me think of helping my mom build a garden in the summer as a kid.

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@stiffyslt The pink palette and the flames remind me of the overwhelming heat felt when vacationing and relaxing over the summer.

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#arth287artoninsta "For I Am With You Until The End of Time" by Naudline Cluvie Pierre reminds me of summer break because the bird wings symbolize freedom. The beam of light on the Blu figure feels like being rescued from a stressful state of mind.

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#arth287artoninsta "Strike" by Hank Willis Thomas reminds me of summer because of the peace sign, relaxing and peacing out from school and academics for months, and doing whatever I want again.

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#arth287 I like that Faith Ringgold's "Die" was made to capture the violence everyone knew but refused to acknowledge. She made it undeniable and unavoidable.

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#arth287 Carrie Weems' Kitchen Table series shows the most intimate look into this women's life from an intimate yet overlooked setting where we can see her life transpire.

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@HartzogTasso love the young sprouts emerging from the ground

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#arth287artoninsta this art piece reminds me of what my parent used to tell me about our ancestors watching over us

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#arth287artoninsta These paintings remind me of how reflected on all the time that has passed and spend time with my pets over spring break.