Art Critique worksheet- K12 students
Art Gallery Exhibit
The artist that I decided to choose for this gallery exhibition is Dena Nguyen. Dena is a young digital artist whose artworks are mostly to draw attention to important issues such as racism, immigration, and gender issues. The main reason why I chose her for this gallery exhibit is because I think that her message is so powerful and it can help others open their eyes about these issues. For this exhibit I wanted to focus on her small five piece series called “This is America” which is basically portraits of women with small but very efficient captions such as “We are not illegal” or “We are not a Virus”. Not only does she have this series but she also created other unique artworks related to other important topics and movements like the black lives matter movement or just showing support to the LGBTQ community. I think that showing these types of artworks to K-12 students is a great tool to open up conversations about these issues in the classroom. I also made sure to include artworks that would be both powerful and appropriate for students since I know that these topics are already difficult to talk about. Lastly, I wanted the artworks to be more welcoming and not show much violence which I think Nguyen did a great job on.
The artist that I decided to choose for this gallery exhibition is Dena Nguyen. Dena is a young digital artist whose artworks are mostly to draw attention to important issues such as racism, immigration, and gender issues. The main reason why I chose her for this gallery exhibit is because I think that her message is so powerful and it can help others open their eyes about these issues. For this exhibit I wanted to focus on her small five piece series called “This is America” which is basically portraits of women with small but very efficient captions such as “We are not illegal” or “We are not a Virus”. Not only does she have this series but she also created other unique artworks related to other important topics and movements like the black lives matter movement or just showing support to the LGBTQ community. I think that showing these types of artworks to K-12 students is a great tool to open up conversations about these issues in the classroom. I also made sure to include artworks that would be both powerful and appropriate for students since I know that these topics are already difficult to talk about. Lastly, I wanted the artworks to be more welcoming and not show much violence which I think Nguyen did a great job on.
Didactic- Dena Nguyen
Dena Nguyen utilizes colorful and surreal illustrations to draw attention to important issues such as race, gender, and mental health. She first created her famous five piece series called “This is America'' which all started with a portrait of an Asian woman with the caption “We are not a virus” which became very popular during the beginning of the pandemic in 2020 since the Asian community was getting most of the blame for the coronavirus outbreak. After that Dena’s followers started requesting similar illustrations featuring other social justice issues which marked the beginning of an awesome series and campaigns. Now “This is America” and all of her other works are part of a social campaign that unfortunately began because of the rise in hate crimes, racism, discrimination and much more, but that does not change the fact that thanks to these pieces a lot more people are realising about problems like these ones. Lastly, she also created other pieces featuring important people like George Floyd who was an African-American man who was murdered by a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during an arrest. After a video started circulating on social media people all over the world started protesting against police brutality which is exactly what Dena’s illustration is portraying.
Dena Nguyen utilizes colorful and surreal illustrations to draw attention to important issues such as race, gender, and mental health. She first created her famous five piece series called “This is America'' which all started with a portrait of an Asian woman with the caption “We are not a virus” which became very popular during the beginning of the pandemic in 2020 since the Asian community was getting most of the blame for the coronavirus outbreak. After that Dena’s followers started requesting similar illustrations featuring other social justice issues which marked the beginning of an awesome series and campaigns. Now “This is America” and all of her other works are part of a social campaign that unfortunately began because of the rise in hate crimes, racism, discrimination and much more, but that does not change the fact that thanks to these pieces a lot more people are realising about problems like these ones. Lastly, she also created other pieces featuring important people like George Floyd who was an African-American man who was murdered by a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during an arrest. After a video started circulating on social media people all over the world started protesting against police brutality which is exactly what Dena’s illustration is portraying.
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