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Subversive art and acceptance
I visited the Tate Modern for the first time. When I saw Fountain, the famous urinal that was delivered as art, there was a tour guide in the room explaining why all the onlookers surrounded a urinal with a signature on it. Back in 1917, this kind of art would be baseless and off putting…
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Fear and Its Affect on Art
I’ve been learning to swim for over 10 years as an adult. It’s probably been engrained in me since I realized that people can drown as a child. I’ve slipped into the deep end both then and as an adult, and that sheer sense of panic comes to me immediately when I know I’m in…
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Exploring identity in art
For my upcoming show, I was choosing which pieces I wanted to include in my exhibit. I asked the artist community on Instagram, and one of the commenters, Corlett Crafts (check his work out, it’s great!), suggested that I pick my Malaysia art because of the recent movements of interest in “identity art”. This led…
