Race, Gender, Clan and Class• - racial background, gender, class and

geneology will all contribute to who we are as individuals

• - human beings interact within social circumstances – families, clans, communities

• - unfortunately, these factors may also trigger prejudice and discrimination

• - how have race, gender, clan and class been reflected in art?

Race

• How does art help forge racial identity?

Mark Chagall: Over Vitebsk (1915 - 1920)

James VanDerZee: Society Lady

Betye Saar: The Liberation of Aunt Jemima (1972)

James Luna: The Artifact Piece (1986)

Tseng Kwong Chi: Disneyland, California (1979)

Gender Issues:

• How is gender tied to ideas of what is beautiful or what is heroic?

• How should men and women look? How does art make that clear?

Waupanal: Men's cult house – Papua New Guinea

Peter Paul Rubenss: Abduction of the Daughters of Leucippus (Flanders, 1617)

Francois de Cuvillies: Hall of Mirrors (Germany, 1734 - 1739)

Hung Lui: Trauma Installation (China/USA, 1989)

Hung Lui

Guerrilla Girls: Do women have to be naked to get into the Met? (USA, 1986)

Ingres: Grande Odalisque

Clan:

• How does art identify a clan?

• When are ancestors important to a clan, and how does art help to make that relationship possible?

Head of a Roman Patrician (Italy, c. 75 – 50 BCE)

Bisj Poles (Asmat, New Guinea)

Bamgboye of Odo-Owa: Epa Headdress called “Orangun” (Nigeria, 1974)

Marisol: The Family (1962)

The General Idea: Baby Makes 3 (1984 - 1989)

Class:

• How do paintings and drawings give us images of the ways different classes live?

• How does art reflect the tastes, ideas and needs of different classes?

• Why does possession of a certain kind of art indicate a person's class structure?

Temple of Ramses II (Egypt, 1275 – 1225 BCE)

Seated Scribe (Egypt, 2500 – 2400 BCE)

Diego Velazquez: Las Meninas (Spain, 1656)

Jean-Honore Fragonard: The Swing (France, 1766)

Beadworkers of the AdesinaFamily of Efon-Alaye(Nigeria, 1971)

Zhang Zeduan: Spring Festival Along the River (China, handscroll on silk, late 11 – early 12 centuries)

Jan Vermeer:The Kitchen Maid(The Netherlands, 1660)

Georges Seurat: La Grande Jatte (France, 1884)

Dorothea Lange: Migrant Mother (USA, 1936)

Uji Bridge (Japan, Momoyama period – 16 – 17 centuries)

Kitagawa Utamaro: Komurasaki of the Tamaya Teahouse (Japan, 1794)

Simon Rodia: Watts TowersLos Angeles, 1921 - 1954