Ryley Auringer

[Ryley Auringer @ryleyalana]

Judith Wilson said "Afro hairdo functioned as a proud badge of fixed identity", I found this statement to be powerful as it expresses the power of black hair and the work that goes into it. #ARTH287

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@Jake_UNC I totally agree with the connection to the song, it's unfortunate how people think its okay to touch/grab other peoples hair only to fulfill their own curiosity.

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Why do you think the artist chose not to include any people? #ARTH287

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@naturalqnrach I think the figure looking up is meant to represent their hope for the future. #ARTH287

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What is the man in the image holding on to? Is the this meant to symbolize something? #ARTH287

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@sarahkreitz I agree with you that the figures being faceless allows for them to represent many migrants across time.

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In regards to Jacob Lawrence’s “And the migrants kept coming” Richard Powell “Connotes the willingness to absorb these new experiences, to cover a recently erased slate with a new set of challenges and life experiences” #ARTH287

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@AlyssaSutton21 It is interesting that there is a cabin in both imagines, in one it is part of a more modern building whereas in this image it is more secluded from the skyscrapers. I wonder if the placement of the cabin has any significance

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Aaron Douglas again combines architecture from the past and future what is the significance of the leafy plants? #ARTH287

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@hobson_sherrill I agree that it seems to be bringing together different backgrounds, to add to that the target/bullseye over the image could show what they are aiming for as a society.

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@AlyssaSutton21 The word target stands out to me as it could represent how the people in the picture were targeted by society.

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What is the significance of the bullseye? #ARTH287

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“Hughes painted with words his vivid, moving portraits of blues singers, jazz musicians, common laborers, and street hustlers: hardly the types of black people conservative African Americans wanted as cultural representatives for the race”
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@AlyssaSutton21 I agree that they don’t necessarily have to be destroyed but should definitely be moved to a location for people to visit rather than being apart of daily lives.

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“The physical is always more compelling and than the verbal” -Dell Upton
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[Ryley Auringer @ryleyalana]

"It was a time when it was about control, it was about having all of the power, not having to share it." #ARTH287