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This film directed and written by British filmmaker, Isaac Julien. The film centers around the life and trials of young, gay, black men in Harlem, New York in the 1960s. The film uses Langston Hughes as an example for these men who struggle to be…

This is a piece of fabric that was used to clean blood off the street at the site of violent deaths related to drug cartels in Mexico, that has been hung on a flagpole in order to symbolize what flags, and nations, are truly standing for in this day…

A tower of radios, all tuned to different stations and at the lowest volume possible. The tower is structured with the older, larger, more furniture type of radios at the bottom of the tower, and the smaller, more modern radios on the top of the…

The model for this sculpture was ballet student Marie Van Goethem. Degas first made a wax sculpture of her in the nude. Then, aiming for a naturalistic effect, he dressed it in clothing made of real fabrics. When the wax sculpture was first…

Franz West created a line of sculptures that were meant to be handled by the audience. He called these sculptures "Passtsückes." The Passstückes were mostly made of plaster and metal and had no real purpose or use. This is his first in the series…

The existence of one of Duchamp’s most famous pieces of art, “Fountain” is the perfect example of art not always being agreed upon as art. Duchamp submitted the piece to the Society of Independent Artists under a pseudonym. The society, which Duchamp…

This piece of work is a collaboration of sorts with Frank Bowling's friend and fellow artist Arlington Weithers. Weithers gave Bowling one of his artworks and Bowling used it to bisect one of his own paintings by stitching it in the middle. This form…

Epstein had originally set a plaster figure of this piece on top of a real industrial rock drill, creating a robot with a machine-like element. This piece at the time was a symbol of the new age dawning. This is what Epstein was going for but when he…

This painting is a realisation of the tragic scene which concludes Alfred Tennyson’s poem The Lady of Shalott. Having defied the terms of her confinement, the heroine sets sail for Camelot and certain death. The picture may also have been intended as…