The Ted Talk I watched was Titus Kaphar. During his talk he asks and poses answers to the question “how can we address centuries of racism in art”. I really liked the point and the conversation he insighted by asking the question. He told a story of how his nine year old son asked why the Native American and African American had to walk while the white man could ride the horse. He noticed this while looking at a sculpture. That piece of art says a lot about American History and can start conversations and questions. Children even form questions and opinions by looking at artwork. During the Ted Talk arts limitations were spoken about by looking at a painting. While looking at the painting Titus Kaphar took apart the painting and explained how we could learn things from it. For example, he talked about how our eyes are trained to look at the white male first and see the women and her clothing to judge the status of the family. But our eyes ignore the African American child who is placed further back in the painting, hidden like a shadow. We can learn what we want about the white people in the painting but unfortunately the painting tells us nothing about the boy and his life. Art limitations in this Ted Talk revolve around ignoring and not explaining history clearly. But the power of art is also told in this Ted Talk. Kaphar talks about how painting is a language and that in paintings are coded and meaningful messages. Titus Kaphar talks about how historical art pieces can be amended to show the struggles of the past and the advancements of the present and the future. This shows arts power and how it can can explain events of the past. Titus Kaphar uses a metaphor of a camera focusing on different places and people and how we can use our eyes to be like a camera and focus on different parts of the image. tearing apart an image can allow the viewer to gain insight and learn from it which gives art power. He wants people to see the impact of a painting or sculpture and answer the question “why do some walk”? Looking at art in a specific way gives the piece power over the viewer. Overall, I enjoyed the Ted Talk I picked and I think that I can use the points I found to make comparisons and an argument in my paper.
Job well done describing Kaphars views of the art and his opinions on art history. I think you need more of your opinion towards the recreation of the art work. I want to know what you think about the art and what makes this work so important to humanity. You’ve got a ton of great quotes and material already for your essay, but you already know that. Once you get into deep analysis of changing this art, bring in your own opinion of why this art project is important.
That’s all from me, don’t take any of this feedback to seriously, I would not call myself a writer.
I think that Victoria had some well supported ideas and she backed them up with information from the text. She used specific examples from the text that I liked because it helped support her claims even more. Also, she was able to connect both stories very well with valid information.