1. Respond to both readings and how they resonate with your experiences? What ideas rise to the top for you?
2. In addition to the readings, explore the following website:
Then explore that same website by medium on the following page:
Explore a number of artists utilizing the figure through different mediums. Try to identify what roles you believe the figure serves in the arts based on these explorations. Look and contemplate the function first (trust your own assessment)–then read what is available (artist’s statement, follow links to artist’s websites, etc). Describe at least 3 functions you can identify or speculate that artists utilizing the figure for. Be specific.
