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    Appendix 1] and distorted the image and took the lines of the room to a vanishing point, idealising Whiteley’s Surrealist style. Whiteley’s use of symbolism in his works is outstandingly illustrated in Whiteley’s Archibald Prize winning self-portrait Art, Life and the Other Thing (1978) [refer Appendix 4] where Whiteley demonstrates the controversy of the Archibald in his representation of the William Dobell’s controversial winning portrait of Joshua Smith (1943) [refer Appendix 5] and John Bloomfield’s

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    ------------------------------------------------- Unit 7. ------------------------------------------------- Dada Vs. Walter Benjamin: What value does Dada have in context of Walter Benjamins The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction? ------------------------------------------------- Martin Hannon ------------------------------------------------- Martin Newth ------------------------------------------------- B.A. Photography, Year 2. ------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------

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    The commodification of disease is a rapidly growing trend internationally. Most notably, this is prominent in every type of cancer to various degrees. Consumers buy into marketing tactics and get a sense of gratification when they purchase items branded with a cancer ribbon or other known symbol. Through the perspective and lens of the Uses and Gratifications theory, you can see the different reasons as to what drives consumers to purchase these products and engage in a type of cancer culture within

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    ied ImJournal of Consumer Research, Inc. Speaking of Art as Embodied Imagination: A Multisensory Approach to Understanding Aesthetic Experience Author(s): Annamma Joy and John F. Sherry, Jr. Reviewed work(s): Source: Journal of Consumer Research, Vol. 30, No. 2 (September 2003), pp. 259-282 Published by: The University of Chicago Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/376802 . Accessed: 22/10/2012 06:18 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions

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    traditional collegiate experience now looked highly unlikely. Fortunately, adhering to tradition has never been as aspiration of mine. In the Fall semester of my sophomore year I accepted the position of Public Programs Intern at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston Massachusetts where I served as a liaison between administrative objectives and public interest. As an employee in the Department of Member and Visitor Services, my colleagues and I worked to identify the demographic of our intended audience

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    II - Subversion of bureaucracy and activism: how public art is key to the education of criticism. Art did not start off by being ‘anything the art world says is art is art’.1 During the 18th century the maxim that art ‘was not to serve any master but itself’2 corroborates ‘the notion of artistic freedom. This was (…) an integral value to an artistic practice; it was contrasted (…) with the unfreedom of institutions, the state or the bourgeoisie’3. With neo-liberal practices being implemented

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    expresses herself through works in performance art, sculpture, and photography (“Janine Antoni”, 2016, par. 1). The main focus of her work is to create controversy, conversation and to build awareness. She is most notable for her different choices in medium which assists her in getting her message across. Antoni’s medium of choice often involves using her body to create her art; often utilizing her mouth, hair, and eyelashes to create her unique works of art. By making her piece entitled “Gnaw” orally

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    social change for women that found a voice in art via paintings, portraits, and photography. With time, women became more visible in public life, and art became the reflection of not only their suffering, but their perseverance, courage, and strength. Freedom from the stereotypical chains of society for women was the message conveyed through the works of artists Alice Neel, Barbara Kruger, and Mary Kelly during the twentieth century. Realism in art was a movement in which artists’ works captured

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    this assignment, I visited the University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum (CAM). The USF Contemporary Art Museum is a compact museum on campus located near the Dance buildings and the Theatres. The museum opened its establishment in 1989 and has offered a wide range of art from around the world including the United States, Africa, Europe, and Latin America (usfcam.usf.edu). In order to keep students engaged in the art, the museum changes its exhibits a couple times a year. Currently, the

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    The Importance of Art Funding According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, art is defined as “something that is created with imagination and skill and that is beautiful or that expresses important ideas or feelings” (“Art”). With that being said, it is almost essential that art is maintained as a general course required for every student to take. While having art classes in schools available for students is important, it is also equally as important for the school funding for the art programs to be

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