Thursday, April 30, 2009

Presentations 4/28/09

Timaj: The topic and coverage was interesting but I wasn't sure what your thesis was. There were also a lot of interpretations given which needed to be supported in some way.

Brittany: Same here. There were many many interpretations of Dali's paintings, and the things which appear in them. Where do these interpretations come from? Why was he painting an elephant from a foreign culture? Etc.?

Jazzmin: Your thesis was solid (but needed to be followed up more), and so were your choice of case studies. Two things stuck out as odd: 1) you called Basquiat the "first black artist" a number of times. Clearly, he was not the first black artist. What did you mean, exactly? 2) Be careful throwing the term "genius" (again, in reference to Basquiat) around.

Phyllis: Great topic, interesting material. What's your thesis?

Sarah: While I followed your presentation there were a number of words/phrases that I don't know. You may want to explain what some of these non-english terms mean.

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