Slide Images for November 23

Separate But Equal: Genocide: AIDS

Howardena Pindell

1990-92

Rumble Young Man, Rumble (Version #2)

Byron Kim and Glenn Ligon

1993

Gold Nobody Knew Me #1

Glenn Ligon

2007

Gold When Black Wasn’t Beautiful #1

Glenn Ligon

2007

Beware

Michael Ray Charles

1994

(Forever Free) Servin’ With a Smile 

Michael Ray Charles

1993

Lifesaball (Forever Free)

Michael Ray Charles

1995

Mandala of the B-Bodhisattva II

Sanford Biggers

2000

Hip Hop Ni Sasagu
Sanford Biggers
2004

Lotus
Sanford Biggers
2008

Diagram of the Decks of a Slave Ship
1814

Equestrian Painting of the Duke of Lerma
Kehinde Wiley
2005

Ice T
Kehinde Wiley
2005

Napoleon Leading the Army Over the Alps
Kehinde Wiley
2005

The Two Sisters
Kehinde Wiley
2012

Howl
Wangechi Mutu
2006

Non je ne regrette rien (No, I do not regret anything)
Wangechi Mutu
2007

Clips from Key & Peel
Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele
2011-2015

Terms of the Day for November 23

• Text - the words of speech written or printed in such a way as to be read and analyzed by literate individuals.
• Deconstructionism -  a form of semiotic analysis, derived mainly from French philosopher Jacques Derrida's 1967 work Of Grammatology. Derrida proposed the deconstruction of all texts where binary oppositions are used in the construction of meaning and values.
• Narrative - any account that presents connected events or images.  Since Modern Art rejected narrative in favor of abstraction, many Postmodern artists were newly attracted to it in the late 20th century.
• Counternarrative – a narrative which co-exists with, while contradicting, another established narrative.