Art: 21 History Reaction

                From the three artists in the video, i was more interested in Glenn Ligon. This artist uses the African American history in his work. In fact, he uses texts from books written by African American writers. Since his mom bought books for him, he has read many books. He incorporates the things he reads directly in his artwork. In addition, he stopped writing his own thoughts because it is limited and he was interested in what other people say. He also started using lights in his work although it breaks the law of physics because there is no black light. Furthermore, he draws like a child since he is inspired by Picasso. He says his intention to include texts in his paint is to slow the reader down, so he/she can have a pause in this pretty fast world. Glenn Ligon describes what America is in all his work.  

"Art 21 Transformation Reaction"

                    From the three artists that i have watched in the video, I liked the way how Cindy Sherman works. She uses her body to play many characters including men's characters which are hard for a women to do. She also uses reflections, and dolls. Actually, some people wonder if she is still has to be in these pictures where she uses reflections or dolls. Cindy Sherman has been criticized by some Hollywood figures because they think that she played some characters of well known people with too much fun of them. She named only one work of art of her, and the rest she didn't name them because she wanted the audience to understand the work by themselves. Cindy Sherman was inspired by movies since she used to watch them a lot when she was a girl. She also played the roles of clowns in her work of art.