Category: 2025
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Reflection
The We are the 99% personally invoked a strong feeling of unity between the people. Sebastian Errazuriz uses this chair as a symbol of rebellion to protest income disparity and to argue that the 99% of people are against the 1% wealth. This invokes a strong feeling because everyone around me is in the 99%…
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Reflection
We are the 99% from the series Occupy Chairs 2012 was really interesting to me because it took an everyday object that can be seen and bought anywhere in the world and turned it into a symbol of retaliation and protest. At first I thought the work was done on a sign, but upon further…
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Chrysanthemums
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Reflection
This experience reinforced my idea of museums being an area where art and history coincide to create meaningful pieces showcasing the cultures, thoughts, and ideas of humanity. Throughout my visit I saw different periods of time represented through furniture, paintings, sculptures, and fabrics. I’ve always admired museums and enjoy looking at how art has evolved…
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Garden Landscape
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Shifting the Gaze
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Sunrise
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Reflection
I want to add mythological and spiritual artwork. Much of the work in this museum is heavily based on realism, depicting events that can operate in the realm of reality. But I would like to see more abstract, symbolic work, angels, heaven, hell, gods, etc. I feel the museum would benefit more from a more…
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Reflection
I see my community in “we are the 99%” by Sebastian Errazuriz. This is so as my community like many is a regular American class area. We are the vast majority of Americans in the nation and as Sebastian puts it, the 99%.
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Reflection
This painting was able to grasp my attention as soon as it came into my view. The depiction of the white Huckleberry Finn with his black friend named Jim reminded me of the story that ai read when I was younger. The central image of the Mississippi River and the men fighting with a ship…
