Twentieth Century Art - Class

Required Text:

History of Modern Art,  by H.H. Arnason and Elizabeth Mansfield. 7^th ed.

(ISBN-13-978-0-205-25947-2)

Answer only after reading chapters 25 & 26, and viewing the links in the 'Lectures and Resources' folder.

Our text states that many artists 'use biography as a lens to view the relationship between history and the present...'

Please describe how artists Jean-Michel Basquiat (Ch.25), Kara Walker (Ch.26), and Ellen Gallagher (Ch.26) exemplify that approach, especially in regards to the social politics of race and/or class. 2-4 paragraphs (1 page).

(Take into account the history and implications of graffiti when researching Basquiat, the silhouettes used to create Walker's "controversial" work investigating race, gender, and violence, and the powerful paintings and abstractions of Gallagher.)