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1. Read the article on Dismaland. Watch the video. What is your reaction to this form of art? Is it art? Do you think it art should be political or bring to light social injustice? Think of your culture and how this artwork would be received by the people. 

2. Choose an artwork from Global Contemporary that brings awareness to a social injustice. Do you think the artwork is successful in helping chance the viewers perceptions? Why or Why not? 
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Article: Welcome to Dismaland: A First Look at Banksy’s New Art Exhibition Housed Inside a Dystopian Theme Park

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Which artwork has shocked you from Unit 9? Why? In today's world, what might shock a museum visitor? How would the same artwork shock different cultures? 

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​Read the following excerpt, paraphrase it, and list the examples of works we've studied or images from popular culture that support ideas expressed within the excerpt. 
"In a world ordered by sexual imbalance, pleasure in looking has been split between active/male and passive/female. The determining male gaze projects its fantasy on to the female form, which is styled accordingly. In their traditional exhibitionist role women are simultaneously looked at and displayed, with their appearance coded for strong visual and erotic impact so that they can be said to connote to-be-looked-at-ness. Woman displayed as sexual object is the leit-motif of erotic spectacle...she holds the look, plays to and signifies male desire." - Laura Mulvey, Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema.

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Imagine yourself 20 years from now. You have achieved success and are being honored with a painted portrait that will be hung in public. How would you pose? How would you be dressed? What expression would you be wearing and what would you do with your hands? What kind of setting would you choose? What objects would be near you? Remember, people's ideas of you will be forever based on this: who do you want to be? 

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Although the narrative moment in these two works is the same, the artists evoke very different responses from their viewers. Fully identify the works. Analyze the similarities and differences in the ways each sculptor manipulated formal qualities and content to achieve his aims. ​

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​What comes to mind when you hear the term Renaissance? Explain the connotations of the term (cultural, economic, religious, etc). Write 5-8 well thought sentences.