View Pepon Osorio in "Place" https://art21.org/watch/art-in-the-twenty-first-century/s1/pepon-osorio-inplace-segment/ part of Art in the Twenty-First Century, Season 1 (the video is cued to the Pepon Osorio
clip)
Respond in a thoughtful, clear, and complete manner written with full sentences and paragraphs. Provide
specific examples and make connections to your life and studies. When/if you refer to sources, use MLA intext citations and Works Cited at the end of your post.
Refer to Purdue Owl for guidance on
Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
citing works
Discussion is essential in this online course. Written communication must reflect comprehension of course
material, attentiveness to classmates, and civil discourse. You are expected to contribute a post in response
to the prompt and respond to at least two of your peers with comments, questions, and replies to their
thoughts. Failure to respond two peers will result in a deduction of points.
Prompt: Pepón Osorio is influenced by his experience as a social worker in The Bronx. Osorio’s work
usually evolves from an interaction with specific people, places, and incidents. Osorio’s art often reflects a
very specific experience, either in his own life or in the life of the community. “My principal commitment as
an artist is to return art to the community,” says Osorio.
- How is the cultural history of a place defined? Maintained? Assimilated? How does Osorio’s work
express his Latino culture? - Osorio says that being an artist has enabled him to resolve his feeling of being “displaced”. What do you
think he means by this, and how is this feeling reflected or resolved in his art? - How does the theme of “place” and “shelter” pertain to his work?
- What are some of the other themes or issues that he deals with in his work? How does he do this?
- Which stereotypes does Osorio make use of in his work? How?
- How do stereotypes and exploring feelings of displacement connect to American myths or ideals?
Two Peer Responses: Respond to a post that raises new considerations for you. What questions does it bring to mind? Find another that relates to your thinking and takes it another step forward. In both responses, address the value of your peers' points of view.
Preferred language style Simple (Easy vocabulary, simple grammar
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