Direction: Choose One of the following questions. Answer the question in an essay.

1. Discuss the differences between stereotype grotesque and the anti-portrait as strategies employed by artists whose works engage with identity politics grounding your analysis in Artifact Piece by James Luna and Waterbearer by Lorna Simpson. Be sure to use and define key terms and to support your claims and statements with detailed descriptions of how those ideas can be seen functioning in the works of art. You may use quotes and refer to other works of art covered in class to support your ideas. Your essay should be well organized, free of spelling and grammatical errors, and use citations when you use the ideas or words of another author.

2. Discuss Katherine Sherwood’s piece Control and Judith Scott’s installation Metamorphosis, 2000. How do these works engage with ideas of the body and the intersection of art, medicine and disability? Your analysis should consider their formal qualities (medium, color, composition, line, etc.). Be sure to use and define key terms and to support your claims and statements with detailed descriptions of how those ideas can be seen functioning in the works of art. You may also want to think about what other artistic practices the works cite or draw inspiration from (sculpture, collage, fiber, mixed media). You may use quotes and refer to other works of art covered in class to support your ideas. Your essay should be well organized, free of spelling and grammatical errors, and use citations when you use the ideas or words of another author.

3. In what ways does relational aesthetics engage with historical models of art, especially minimalism, Fluxus, and Neoconcretism? What are the limits and possibilities of relational practices? Be sure to cite at least 4 specific works of art (2 from historical models—happenings, minimalism, Fluxus, or Neoconcretism and 2 more contemporary works—Rirkrit Tiravanija, Santiago Sierra, Suzanne Lacy, Ai Weiwei etc.) Be sure to use and define key terms and to support your claims and statements with detailed descriptions of how those ideas can be seen functioning in the works of art. You may use quotes and refer to other works of art covered in class to support your ideas. Your essay should be well organized, free of spelling and grammatical errors, and use citations when you use the ideas or words of another author.

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