exam7

1. How might you describe the way in which Kiki Smith’s Virgin Mary, 1992, employs Julia Kristeva’s notion of abjection?

2. What sort of items did Janue Quick-to-See Smith incorporate in her piece Trade (Gifts for Trading Land with White People), 1982, and what is their symbolic significance?

3. Review the identity hybridtity of Rina Banerjee’s Infections Migrations, 1999. Imagine you have been asked to create a piece about yourself and the multiple identities or cultures you are a part of. Write an essay describing what you would create, using what materials and what you are trying to convey to the viewer.

4. Write an essay on the racial stereotypes in Michael Ray Charles’ (Forever Free) The NBA, 1995, (page 238) and how they are different than those included by Robert Colescott in George Washington Carver Crossing the Delaware: Page from American History, 1975 (page 195).