Works in this series were created as part of an open pedagogy assignments in contemporary art. Participant students were enrolled in Professor Wolf's ART 4190r: Global Currents in Contemporary Art in Spring 2021 at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and in Professor Kershaw's ART 3999r: Contemporary Art in Fall 2024.
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Larry Sultan: Photography's Role in Shaping Perceptions
Ella Hodges
This paper and presentation provide an overview and analysis of photographer, Larry Sultan. They explore his background and career providing insights into his practice and projects. The 2 main projects discussed are titled "Pictures From Home" and "The Valley."
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Trevor Paglen: Visible through the invisible
Kailey Agoo
Trevor Paglen is a practicing artist, geographer, and photographer. Paglen investigates our relationship with the evergrowing advancements in technology and surveillance. By examining the “invisible through the visible” with multidisciplinary practices and image-making, Trevor Paglen explores the fragments of Artificial Intelligence and mass surveillance to understand the underlying forces of the systems we live in.
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Jenna Gribbon: Queer Identity and the History of the Nude
Taylor Sampson
Jenna Gribbon(b. 1978, Knoxville, TN) is an artist working primarily within the medium of painting. Her paintings challenge the sanctity of the private, while melding a queer and feminist critique of art history's representation of the nude figure.
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Kuei-Chih Lee: Contemporary Taiwanese Artist
Jamie Highlander
Kuei-Chih Lee is an contemporary Taiwanese environmental artist that focuses on using natural materials within his art installations.
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Berni Searle: Heritage and Cultural Identity
Jonathan Howe
This short art analysis paper accompanies an original video presentation produced by UTC undergraduate students, dedicated to the work of a contemporary artist and developed as part of ART 4190r: Global Contemporary Art course in Spring 2021.
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Artist Analysis Archive - Boryana Rossa
Ana Leonard
Artist analysis archive on contemporary interdisciplinary artist Boryana Rossa.
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Yoshitomo Nara Biography and Analysis
Sawyer Suerth
This presentation and paper describe Yoshitomo Nara. Both the video and paper visually analyze two pieces of Nara's artwork after a brief biography. However, the paper allows the reader to analyze Nara's work through the lens of David Joselit in his work titled "Heritage and Debt."
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Los Carpinteros and Alexandre Arrechea
will sutton
Artist Analysis of Cuban artists Los Carpinteros and Alexandre Arrechea
