Thursday, November 11

start of assignment five

Man Ray was an artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. He is known best in the art world for his avant-garde photography. He is a renowned for his fashion and portrait photographs. In this photo Marcel Duchamp became Rose Selavy.
 http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2006/dada/images/artwork/202-016.shtm



Yinka Shonibare was born and educated in London but spent most of his childhood in Nigeria with his parents. Through his work he would act as Dandy, a character he made up and he would place Dandy in somewhat humorous situations while showing the cultural influences of colonization.  
http://www.iniva.org/dare/themes/translations/shonibare.html

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