community: Review of Michal Lexier’s “More Than Two” exhibition VISA 1000 Critical Issues in the studio Professor Brandon Vickerd November 21‚ 2013 For the exhibition review project‚ I went to the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery for the One‚ and Two‚ and More Than Two exhibition‚ which is curated by Toronto-based artist Micah Lexier. The show has been divided into three parts‚ “One” and “Two” reviewed “Lexier’s conceptually measured take
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A Tale of Two Cities By: Deric A Tale of Two Cities Tale of Two Cities takes place in France and England during the troubled times of the French Revolution. There are travels by the characters between the countries‚ but most of the action takes place in Paris‚ France. The wineshop in Paris is the hot spot for the French revolutionists‚ mostly because the wineshop owner‚ Ernest Defarge‚ and his wife‚ Madame Defarge‚ are key leaders and officials of the revolution. Action in the book is scattered
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Amy Tan “Two Kinds” My initial thoughts when I read Amy Tan “Two Kinds” was that the daughter had a negative attitude on how her mother is trying to teach her to be something greater in life. She’s trying to better her daughter‚ but her daughter doesn’t appreciate what her mother is trying to do for her. Amy Tan “Two Kinds” story‚ I can relate to because my parents just wanted the best for me and wanted me to succeed in life. They share similar perspectives to the character parents as well. The
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Charles Dickens presents his story of aristocracy and tyranny clashing during the French Revolution. The dramatic novel grabs the reader’s attention as events unfold in a time of love and sorrow. In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities he illustrates the picture of two countries that eventually become tied together by the characters in a cynical yet factual tone using diction and symbolism. The author’s use of symbolism shows the sorrowful state that the people were in during the French Revolution. Dr
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The French Revolution was a time period of rebellion in the late 1700s throughout France. Charles Dickens wrote A Tale of Two Cities roughly sixty years after the French Revolution‚ starting as installments in a magazine then publishing his works in a book. The French Revolution was a time when man was extremely inhumane to his fellow man. This inhumanity is seen throughout Dickens’ novel in many ways. He proves that the cycle of man’s inhumanity to man is never ending when people come to watch Darnay’s
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Walker‚ protagonist Maggie and her sister Dee both have different views on their own heritage. Also‚ in the story “Two Ways to Belong in America‚” by Bharati Mukherjee‚ sisters Mira and Bharati have the same relationship. Both sisters from each story have to embrace their backgrounds‚ while the other one assimilates to a new culture. Seemingly‚ in the two stories “Everyday Use” and “Two Ways to Belong to America‚” both Maggie and Mira accept and celebrate their heritage. Maggie from “Everyday Use”
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our peers could also change or alter how we think of ourselves. One example of how cultures affect us is an Indian lady named Bharati Mukherjee sharing her experiences with people outside of her culture. In Bharati Mukherjee’s personal essay‚ “Two Ways to Belong in America‚” she talks about the ups and downs of the American culture from her and her sister‚ Mira’s‚ experiences. Since Bharati is more adaptive to the "American way of life‚" she really doesn’t mind the
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“Two Kinds” The first paragraph of Amy Tan’s “Two Kinds”‚ presents a young daughter’s view of her mother and the life she believes you can have in america. “You can be anything” (479) ; her mother was determined to make her daughter a prodigy‚ but as we read on we learn about a girl and her rebellious nature and how there are “two kinds” of children in this world. As a child you only learn what you are taught or what you see done around you and and in the beginning the young girl was so hopeful “I
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Two Male Deities Totem was created by Steve Lotz in 1970 during the Contemporary Art Period. It was painted with wax pencil and spray paint on paper‚ and has the dimensions of 86 ¾ x 48 inches. This paint represents the combination of two bodies‚ one masculine and one feminine. In a point of view‚ the top has a heart form with a golden circle in the middle that means engagement. In other words‚ it could be the representation of the love and the holiday San Valentine’s Day. In fact‚ the form‚ texture
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I grew up on a ship. Not a cruise ship‚ and not a houseboat or a yacht; the MV Logos II was a converted car ferry that sold books and did aid work around the world. My family moved aboard for four years when I was ten. It’s a singular experience; very few people can say they spent four years living on a ship‚ particularly from the ages of ten to fourteen. Those four years have been incredibly influential on me as a person and for years I’ve toyed with the idea of translating it into some written
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