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Kara Walker, A Subtlety or Marvelous Sugar Baby, 2014

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Kara Walker, A Subtlety or Marvelous Sugar Baby, 2014

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Kara Walker's piece, Sugar Baby tries to explain the de sexualized figure of the "mammy", within the life of slavery. This piece is a massive sugar coated sphinx which is subtly speaking to the condition of the place it was created. The warehouse that this sugar baby was created was supposed to be destroyed - where the sugar baby is supposed to be as well, almost slowly dying with the warehouse.

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A Subtlety or Marvelous Sugar Baby (2014)

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A Subtlety or Marvelous Sugar Baby (2014)

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Sculpture made out of sugar, molasses and water.

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Racism and violence within racism is something that has been an issue throughout the world for a very long time now. I have never really been exposed to at work that confronts racism and violence before so seeing each painting and photograph that I picked has been extremely interesting to look into. Michael D' Antuono, Kerry James Marshall, Myles Loftin, Ej Brown, and Kara Walker each display the issues and subtly challenges the stereotypes among black men and women in past life and in today's society. A tale of two hoodies by Michael D'Antuono 's painting shows the problem in racially profiling innocent children, something that has been an ongoing issue among policemen and black innocent children. On the wall behind the white police officer and the black child is the confederate flag that white people fought under to defend slavery. The Mug Shot Series by Ej Brown confronts the stereotypes within black males and intelligence, where society classifies extremely talented men as unintelligent due to their skin color. Kara Walker exposes the mammy figure that was often looked at as being a de-sexualozed women in slavery who looked out for white children and families and did not have much time for herself. Myles Loftin and his film and photos, hooded, shows the extremely silly stereotype of black men in hoodies. Often police target men who are in hoodies as dangerous and people that needed to be watched. Why should a piece of clothing affect the way a black man is looked at? In Kerry James Marshall's painting is in response to the police brutality that goes on around the world, something that is an ongoing issue and needs to be recognized so there can be change.

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How can a piece of clothing create this dark stigma around black men? Myles Loftin's main point in presenting these photos to the world is to try and erase the negative stereotypes that are placed on black men. Society has shaped black men to be perceived as dangerous and as criminals. During this time in the world, when one sees a black man in a hoodie, they are automatically thought of as being more dangerous, looked at as being a threat and someone to be scared of. This is completely unfair and wrong to place these kinds of stereotypes of innocent people. Black men should not have to deal with the this. Myles point in creating this piece is to show the world how traumatic and unfair this problem/ stereotype is.

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Series of photos/ film

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Ej Brown's Mugshot series shows Brown's friends dressed up in their graduation outfits, cap and gown, holding book slates that list their name, the date and most of the slates consist of their college majors. These pictures that look like mug shots are meant express the stereotype of the black man being looked at as a criminal. These pictures are trying to show the problem with people believing and creating these wrong and awful stereotypes that black men are not able to go to college, and that black men are not intelligent.

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Series of photos

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Michael D' Antuono, A Tale of Two Hoodies, 2012 

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Michael D' Antuono, A Tale of Two Hoodies, 2012 

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Michael D' Antunos painting, A Tale of Two Hoodies expresses the travesty during the time of the Trayvon Martin case. The purpose of most of D'Antuono paintings are to challenge people to think more deeply about serious issues that are happening around the world. This painting confronts the issues with racism and violence that have been going on in the world. In this specific piece D'Antono is trying to create a dialogue through art, to make sure that people see and understand the tragedy in police brutality and how it is tragic to lose an innocent life.

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Oil on cavnas

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"Kerry James Marshall. Untitled (policeman). 2015 | MoMA." The Museum of Modern Art. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Apr. 2017.
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/199591?
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New American Paintings. N.p., 01 Apr. 2017. Web. 23 Apr. 2017.
https://newamericanpaintings.com/blog/race-art-matters-three-artists%E2%80%99-reactions-death-trayvon-martin

Neuendorf, Henri. "Artist Turns Graduation Photos into Mugshots." Artnet News. Artnet News, 28 June 2016. Web. 23 Apr. 2017.
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/graduation-mugshots-photo-series-304040

Greaves, Kayla. "19-Year-Old Uses Art To Break 'Black Male' Stereotypes." The Huffington Post. The Huffington Post, 27 Mar. 2017. Web. 23 Apr. 2017.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/03/27/myles-loftin-stereotypes-black-males_n_15638706.html

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Kerry James Marshall, Untitled (Policeman)

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Kerry James Marshall, Untitled (Policeman)

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Kerry James Marshall created this piece in response to the police brutality that goes on around the world. Specifically in response to the numerous deaths of African Americans due to police brutality. This painting is expressing a lot of tension, the way the man is placed on the cop car seems to express an unsure feeling about whats going to come next. The man in this painting seems ready for what going to happen next, almost seeming that he is anticipating for something bad to happen. The policeman in this painting is perched on the front of his car, hand on his gun.

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Synthetic polymer paint on PVC panel