ART 1OS3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Emmett Till
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Looking is a social process that we do together. As a means of navigating space we produce culture through this process. Even when we choose to look away, these activities have meaning within the economy of looking. Representing toys as being for either a boy or girl. There"s a gendered code of what girls and boys are ex. Jewelry, pink toys for girls and tools, blue toys for boys. Changing the codes helps change culture in a positive way. Icons are not what they seem to be, it"s only a representation. Vanatas(?) paintings not the same direct reference as an iconic symbol. In china the colour white is used for mourning and death. For weddings, the chinese have red wedding dresses representing luck and happiness whereas western culture has white wedding dresses. A white painter made art based o of others" pain.
