Context with art especially art installations or gallery/ sculpture
spaces is a fundamental aspect of the presentation. To not be aware of
the context in which one is placed or sanctioned a space is quite risky
and could be perceived as ignorant from a bystanders position, for
example a piece in a museum will have a different impact on the viewer
given the context. In a museum there is a widely understood objective
with the art given the space compared to a public space in a park. This
can play out in extreme favor or detriment to an artists and their work.
While reading some of the monuments pieces I felt as if each of them had something that they needed to prove. For example, for the Tate piece felt the need to expose what history has done to people. Each level exposed how much each person was taken advantage of in service of someone else. For the rumors of war piece exposed the whole idealism of the past resurrecting a past historical leader to make sure that the event does not happen again. The Bracero monument exposed all of the work that the people of that time had done in order to make sure that not another person is taken advantage of again. But truth be told, all of these monuments have come with some sort of backlash. The bracero monument had gotten criticism for stating that the braceros were free to do what they wished. From what the article had stated that was not the truth. It was merely one persons interpretation of what a bracero was, b...
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