Museum Visit
VIRTUAL MUSEM TOUR: Houston, Tx
Only submit essays written in standard MS Word or PDF format.
Please be certain your final paper includes:
- A cover page
- A museum “selfie” or photo on-site if you were able to visit in person
- Scanned reproduction of your ticket stub or receipt OR PROOF OF VIRTUAL VISIT (Screenshot)
- Image which you will be discussing
- An introduction with a strong thesis
- 1000-1200 words of text which describes your artwork in detail using the formal elements and principles of design (more is fine!)
- A conclusion
- A references page or bibliography
Answer preview
Rachel Jones, born in 1991, is a contemporary artist that incorporates abstraction style in painting to explore her identity in showing Black figures. One of her famous artworks is “lick your teeth, they so clutch.” It is a painting created in 2021 that depicts the artist’s creative and stylistic technique (The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. 2019). The materials utilized in the artwork include oil pastels, sticks, and acrylic paint. The abstraction technique has been used to depict the exploration of self-identity and the interiority of Black figures. Some of the apparent visual elements used in the art include the integration of warm and rich colors and texture, and form. The artist has also provoked the audience through balance and contrasts as a design
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