Gracie Broughton

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Urge @SenThomTillis to help protect NC’s coast by sponsoring the COAST anti-drilling act! https://t.co/yMh8ER7teE

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I thought it was really interesting that the Whitney Biennial chose to exhibit “Open Casket” by white artist, Dana Schultz. I wonder if they expected this much controversy surrounding the work. #ARTH287

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@RayWinner3 This is a good point. I noticed this texture in the hair in “Slow Down Freight Train” but never really thought anything of it. After reading this I realized that small detail holds a lot of importance

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#ARTH287

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“...the hair straightening practices of North American slaves may represent a complex set of North American slaves may represent a complex set of advertisements to new circumstances in which preexistent African values went largely unrecognize, but nonetheless remained operative”

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@cameron_putnam This is such an important question to consider about our history and today. The media has a huge impact on how the public views social issues. I wonder how the influence of media differs today vs. the civil rights movement.

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@paigeeeyyyyyyyy After you pointed it out I now see that the symmetry does make this photo look staged. Even though this photo is not staged, the symmetry catches the audiences eye

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“The paradox is not simply that the idea of suffering black children was of greater interest to whites than visual evidence of their plight but that the modern civil rights movement was grounded in the unrepresented body of a black child.” #ARTH287

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I thought it was interesting how Mark Rothko compared his abstract paintings to myths or “eternal symbols” #ARTH287

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@carlyler_unc It looks like he is looking up and calling out to his loving, longing to return to her. His expression is very sorrowful as well

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The background looks like a still image so how does the artist show the train in moving fast? #ARTH287

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@michaelmeeksart I think this scene speaks for itself in terms of what has gone on there.the green color pops out from the scene so you cant overlook the reality that this was a sight of lynching. It is less chaotic the audience has space to reflect on the events instead of focusing on the chaos

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Without people in the composition, how does the artist make this scene emotionally charged? #ARTH287

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@RayWinner3 I didn’t notice that detail at first but I agree that this shows their shared history and journey

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“... a troubling state of consciousness and a sense of the interminable struggle that that are fundamental to the greater African American “migration narrative”” #ARTH287 #JacobLawrence

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Langston Hughes’ piece called “The Negro Artist and The Racial Mountain” makes me wonder if this subconscious division between black and white artists will persist forever #ARTH287

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@notgabrielle I think that these tall buildings were built by the people below. The buildings are very tall but the people are very small implying this may be slave labor

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@michaelmeeksart I think it may represent fire and maybe the tools and labor required to build there y’all buildings

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What is the author drawing attention to by using the concentric circles? Is it a family? Why are they looking up? #ARTH287

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@kvrin_ I think the urban scene represents employment and a new life for the previously enslaved people. The slave house represents their past in slavery