This document outlines the requirements for a 1000-word essay assignment on various artworks. It provides details on 5 parts to the assignment, with each part requiring analysis of different artworks in terms of formal elements, subject matter, symbolism, artist's intentions, and relevant historical and cultural context. Students must cite sources in their essays and include information about the artists and artworks at the start of the discussion for each part.

1. 1000 words
Format: maximum, 2 typed, double-spaced pages; MLA or APA
Each question requires that you return to the lectures, videos,
class reading assignments, –
which it will expect you to reference in your essay – but each
question is open ended so as to
accommodate your own ideas/research on the issues addressed
in the readings. In support of
your own ideas about the readings, you will need to associate
those ideas with the assigned
works you’re discussing in your essay questions AND include 2
or more references to text and/or
supplemental references that are specific, relevant. (Include
page #s for text citations and URLs
for online sources.)
PART I
PART I: (Write at the beginning of your essay each artist’s
name, title of work, materials, date and style.)
• Compare Krzysztof Wodiczko “Hirshhorn Museum, Wash.
D.C. 1988” with Christo and Jeanne Claude’s
“Running Fence, Sonoma/Marin County1972-76.”
Collaborative relations between artists and audience have
become familiar artistic practices in producing a work
of public art. Compare and contrast these two works noting
significant similarities or differences in subject or

2. site as well as any factors that explain the artists’ preferences
(influences in the art world or encounter with the
larger culture/s, politics, history, and/or society of the
particular era or region from which it was produced).
Krzysztof Wodiczko: Hirshhorn Museum, Washington,
D.C., 1988
Christo and Jeanne Claude: Running Fence, Sonoma/Marin
County-1972-76
PART II
PART II: (Write at the beginning of your essay each artist’s
name, title of work, materials, date and style. )
Compare and contrast Clark’s “Six Sensorial Masks,” 1967 with
Hamilton’s “Malediction,” 1991.
• Discuss the importance of each artist, of the particular work of
art, the subject matter, the symbolism, its meaning, and
the artist's intentions.
• You would want to compare and contrast significant features
relating to subject and style, making sure to note any
factors that explain the artists’ preferences (influences in the art
world or encounter with the larger culture/s, personal
experiences or background).

3. Clark, Lygia. Six Sensorial Masks, 1967. Fabric masks, various
colors and odors, with
different mechanisms to affect hearing, vision, and smell.
Ann Hamilton performing Malediction, December 8 1991 –
January 4, 1992 at the
Louver Gallery, New York.
PART III
• PART III: (Write at the beginning of your essay the artist’s
name, title of work, materials, date and style. )
• Discuss the importance of this artist, of this particular work of
art and the impact of this work on future art
practices. Provide a description of the formal elements of this
work, the subject matter, the symbolism, its
meaning and the artist’s intentions. Discuss the use of media
(television, radio, newspapers) during this
performance. Explain how this work demonstrates feminist
values within the objectives and goals of social
practice art.
Suzanne Lacy, In Mourning and in Rage (December 13, 1977)
PART IV
• PART IV: Bruguera, Tania: Tatlin's Whisper #6 (Havana
version) 2009

4. Discuss the importance of this artist, of this particular work of
art and the political/social impact of this work. Provide a
description of this work: the subject matter, the symbolism, its
meaning and the artist’s intentions.
1. What materials and media are used in this art work in
order to create social change?
2. Is this work site specific and, if so, what is the importance of
place in providing meaning?
3. How does the work reflect multiple perspectives?
4. #YoTambienExijo: A Restaging of Tania Bruguera's
Tatlin's Whisper 6, 4/13/15
Describe the facts of Bruguera’s arrest in December 2014 in
Cuba.
Discuss the importance of this restaging of Bruguera’s work in
multiple locations
across the world.
Discuss the specific critiques formed in this restaged 2015
work.
Bruguera, Tania: Tatlin's Whisper 6 (Havana, 2009)
PART V
PART V: (Write at the beginning of your essay each artist’s
name, title of work, materials, date
Compare and contrast Ai Weiwei’s “Human Flow” (2017)
project with Mona Hatoum’s “Twelve Windows” (2012).

5. 1. What materials and media are used in this art work in
order to create social change?
2. Is this work site specific and, if so, what is the importance of
place in providing meaning?
3. How does the work reflect multiple perspectives?
4. Does the work reflect or respond to oppositional
movements, politics and/or social movements
in another region? Or
does it actually mix issues like thesethat
are found in extremes elsewhere?
Ai Weiwei: “Human Flow” - 2018
Hatoum, Mona: “Twelve Windows” 2012-13
Visual Representation (Graphs) used in the Real World
Find a current issue of The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek,
Time, USA Today, Detroit Free Press, or other news media
either in the Library or on-line. Find twodifferent types of
graphs or visual representations in the media. Please note: up
to 10% of the total points could be deducted for shortcomings in
sentence structure and mechanics for written responses. Attach
a copy of each graph and cite in APA format.
Determine for each graph:
a. Identify the type of graph (i.e. bar graph, pie chart, line

6. graph, etc.).
b. List the variables used in the graph.
c. Conclusions drawn from the graph. (Write minimum of three
complete sentences.)
d. Discuss the practical implications of the conclusion. How
could this data impact your personal and/or business life now or
in the future? (Write minimum of three complete sentences.)
Updated: 8/8/16