In class piece reviews

The first piece we're looking at is a painting of a blond woman. It's a classical looking portrait, with a not-so-classical touch. Her eyes are covered with a dark blue smear that travels from one side of the piece through the figure's face, and partially past the other side. Along her neckline there is also another blue thick line that stretches from the other side of the painting. It seems to present the predicament of a woman from a time period where women were not allowed the same freedoms they have now. The line covering her eyes might indicate a statement of not knowing there could be freedom that has yet to be obtained, and the other around her neck perhaps a threat if she were to do something that would be considered out of line.

The second image is a sculpture of a pregnant woman. It's a vertical cross section with very interesting color choices. The right side is mostly black, the only different colors are red on the nipple and blue in the eye. The other side is far more busy looking. It shows muscle structure and a fetus growing inside the stomach. The muscles are shown in red and the fetus and skull in gold. The piece is very detailed, showing both exterior and interior figure. The artist shows visible knowledge of the human form in a captivating way. I found the split between the two sections to be the most interesting; the way the fingers are cut off across the stomach to the muscular half and the way in which the lips are further together than the teeth of the more structural half.

This piece is in four parts. It is made to look like a cluster of four integrated photographs. The first shows the profile of a woman from upper-waist to head, and there is text towards the middle of the frame that says "You became a scientific profile". The second image is a front shot of a man who is facing the camera, with the text "An anthropological debate". The third is of a decrepit looking old black man, who is also facing the camera. The text says "A negroid type". The fourth and final frame is a frontal shot of a black woman, perhaps the same one from the first frame, and the text reads "& a photographic subject". The meaning of the piece alludes me.

The piece is most likely a photograph also. It shows a blond woman with her head turned away from the camera so that the back of her head is the most prominent part of her head. The background is grid-like, with faint dark lines that makes me think of a screen from a confession booth. The figure is dressed brightly, with a red and white floral-patterened top. The way in which she is turned makes me wonder what is behind the screen. Her arms are positioned in a stretched way, as if she is uncomfortable or in some kind of danger.