List of artists for research papers: Use the internet to check out the artists below until you find three that interest you. You may choose an artist not on the list, but you must get my approval before writing your proposal. NOTE: Each student must write on a different artist. Submit your three choices. From those three I will select one. NOTE: The is the same for everyone in the class: In what way(s) is the art made thesis question by the artist you have selected American” or Does the artist identify him- or “Latin “Latina/o”? herself with a nation like Mexico or Brazil, for example? After you have done some preliminary research, propose an answer to that question and write it as your (See syllabus thesis statement. page 5 for more information on writing the thesis statement and proposal.) The research you do for the paper is directed at finding out if your answer to the question of how the artist’s identity is part of their work is correct. If your research shows that your thesis is or only true for wrong, some of their artworks, revise the thesis before you start working on the paper. It’s perfectly fine to argue that only a certain body of work by the artist is related to his or her identity. Alfredo Jaar Argentina Roberto Matta Lucio Fontana Eugenio Dittborn Xul Solar Colombia Guillermo Kuitca Fernando Botero Brazil Doris Salcedo Lygia Clark Beatriz González Adriana Varejão Cuba Tarsila do Amaral Wifredo Lam Anita Malfatti Manuel Mendive Vik Muniz Jose Bedia Hélio Oiticica Latina/o Cildo Meireles Felix Gonzalez-Torres (Cuban-American) Adriana Varejão Coco Fusco Chile Judy Baca
List of artists for research papers: Use the internet to check out the artists below until you find three that interest you. You may choose an artist not on the list, but you must get my approval before writing your proposal. NOTE: Each student must write on a different artist. Submit your three choices. From those three I will select one. NOTE: The thesis question is the same for everyone in the class: In what way(s) is the art made by the artist you have selected “Latin American” or “Latina/o”? Does the artist identify him- or herself with a nation like Mexico or Brazil, for example? After you have done some preliminary research, propose an answer to that question and write it as your thesis statement. (See syllabus page 5 for more information on writing the thesis statement and proposal.) The research you do for the paper is directed at finding out if your answer to the question of how the artist’s identity is part of their work is correct. If your research shows that your thesis is wrong, or only true for some of their artworks, revise the thesis before you start working on the paper. It’s perfectly fine to argue that only a certain body of work by the artist is related to his or her identity. Argentina Lucio Fontana Xul Solar Guillermo Kuitca Brazil Lygia Clark Adriana Varejão Tarsila do Amaral Anita Malfatti Vik Muniz Hélio Oiticica Cildo Meireles Adriana Varejão Chile Alfredo Jaar Roberto Matta Eugenio Dittborn Colombia Fernando Botero Doris Salcedo Beatriz González Cuba Wifredo Lam Manuel Mendive Jose Bedia Latina/o Felix Gonzalez-Torres (Cuban-American) Coco Fusco Judy Baca
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