Unusual Atlas

I could not find the name of the artist of these pieces but they really inspired me today. Take some time to soak it in.

                                        I love that he took the content and made such a beautiful picture of it. it reminds me of Africa the fierce people the pride of culture and I can see the pain in her face too. nothing speaks to me about Africa like the women do. So much power and lack of personal owner ship . I know my husband met many wonderful people there. I think their songs still call him back. It is hard to represent a who number of countries diverse as Africa is with one person. I am not sure that is what the artist was trying to do but I do love how the face seems to belong to the land some how.

more of these can be found at  http://forum.xcitefun.net/unusual-atlas-artistic-way-to-map-the-world-t43166.html

What an artist and what a subject!

I normally do not look much at the artist or the things about the art I post before I write about it but I was so struck by this statue and the realization that there are too few representations like it when the books of bravery and outstanding acts of African American people is large and long. I was reading about the artist and admire both his skill and his life's work goals I hope you find Gabriel Koren from Hungary as interesting as I have in learning about him. This statue is Prudence Crandall with student.

Normally I would write here what is see in this piece but I will mix in what I know about this as I go. I kept finding this on a kids page then I found out why Children lobbied to have it made sent in pennies to collect for it. Prudence was a remarkable women and I would be dishonoring to her name and legacy if I did not just tell her story here. She was a Quaker school teacher that admitted a black girl into her class room in 1832, a revolutionary act. This act lead to the community removing their white children from the school. So she closed the teaching school and reopened and offered the classes to 20 African American girls from up and down the eastern shore of the us. the opposition was great a year after this a law was passed prohibiting schooling black children from out side the state with out the towns permitting it: this law was called the black law. She continued to teach the girls and was arrested and put on trial. With one judgment against the the school took it all the way to the supreme court and won!  With this the towns people grew angry vandalized the school and finally burned the school down 1834 forcing her to close. Connecticut repealed the law 4 years later. With the support of Mark Twain she was recognized and provided money monthly and her school still stands.

Jenny Wehrt

            I was looking through some pop art because I love it so bold and provocative at times. I came across this image and had to share it. this is Jenny Wehrt, the name of the piece is  The Pleasure Machine.

I have immediate reactions to this it sends me off on a tangent of angry feminist rants that rage from soap boxes and denounce the objectifying of women and the adage about you can be anything sexuality is not all you are. Then it went to the being wound up part and played like a toy and that pissed me off too. Then I fell in love with this because that was what I think it is supposed to do real art brings real emotion makes you think promotes thought and change.