ANT208H5 Lecture 3: ANT208-Lecture-3
Document Summary
Main people: jean- michael basquit, keith haring, shepard fairey, malina suliman, susan phillips, ley cybrisusky, tracey bowen. Anti-commercialism: people identify strongly with products or services they consume (ie; commercial brands, enhancing appeals) Folk art: utilitarian pieces that also explore non-material components of human existence and symbolize a culture. A comparison can be drawn to popular art and folk art: fine art is art with value0 and graffiti art with a purpose, through the popularization of folk are it has become fine art. Politcal organization: multicentric (bands, tribes, unicentric (chiefdom, states) Slavic folk art ie of art making a statement. Rapid urbanization: no infrastructure/ no resources, lots of gangs; very dangerous. Acme- favela ppg: art spreading policies: tells a story: Ie; how poverty is being pushed to the suburbs. Acme- rio de janerio: painting w/out an idea: has an intended. Israel wall- constricting entry: effective wall to separate peoples but offensive to many people.
