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A constellation of artistic voices Assembling historically provocative artwork and e merging racial perceptions.pdf
Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy (2022)
  • Vonzell Agosto
  • Bretton A. Varga
Abstract
This  paper  reports  on  the  use  of  historically  provocative  artwork  (i.e.,  artwork  that  challenges  master  narratives  of  history)  created  by  Titus  Kaphar  and  graduate  students  learning  about  leading  with  a  socio-political  consciousness  about  racism.  The  authors  provided  17  students  a  series  of  prompts,  based  on  Critical  Race  Theory  (CRT)  and  critical  art  analysis,  to  instigate  reflection,  dialogue,  and  artistry  in  response  to  a  painting  by  Kaphar.  The  authors  organized  participant-generated  artwork  into  assemblages  and  crafted  accompanying  narratives  which  illustrated  the  inter/intra-changes  among  the  components  of  the  process  and  expressions:  (1)  compositionality,  (2)  aesthetics,  (3)  temporality,  (4)  historical  injustice/oppressiveness,  (5)  man-ifestations  of  power.  Thus,  participants’  artwork  exposed  how  engaging  with  historically  provocative  can  heighten  socio-po-litical  complexities  relating  to  the  consciousness  of  race/ism  and  white(ness)  supremacy
Keywords
  • critical arts analysis,
  • oppression,
  • historical artwork,
  • social studies,
  • curriculum and pedagogy
Disciplines
Publication Date
2022
DOI
10.1080/15505170.2021.2004956
Citation Information
Vonzell Agosto and Bretton A. Varga. "A constellation of artistic voices Assembling historically provocative artwork and e merging racial perceptions.pdf" Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy (2022)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/vonzell_agosto/59/