Being Caucasian at the Brown versus Board Art Exhibit :: Race Racial Segregation

NARRATIVE running out of pureness things to wear st maneuvering and foremost- it was empty. In two years this was my first time to the Krannert Art Museum. I dont know quite how this could be, because Im an art student. But the building is on the complete opposite end of the city from both where I live and where my classes are, so I cant fault others for not traversing here on occasion. I walk into the dark-brown vs. Board of Education exhibit, and I see no one. The only peck there were my friend Diane and myself, both of us are Caucasian. There was silence. exclude for my dubious observation that it was indeed the display we were tone for. If the large scorch on white lettering describing the exhibit wasnt enough, the black and white photography would alone have been a dead give away. I couldnt help but think how clich. There were a serial of maybe six photos of two women one white, the other black. The series showed them in confrontation over a chair. Who had t he seat, or power so to speak. It wasnt a terribly innovative piece in my mind. How many propagation have we seen the struggle between the two races in varying dainty genres? It was very straightforward and too simplistic for my tastes. The message was very continuant and clear, though, that the struggle between whites and blacks is indeed far from over. Turning around, I adage white dinner plates on podiums in the center of this first room. each(prenominal) plate has a different inscription printed on its face. The texts mostly brand different individuals for their contributions to the civil rights movement. Id have to say that this was an evoke portion of the exhibit. But I only think so looking back. At the time they were just nice shiny plates with some storied individuals names written on them. Now it seems like they have more than significance. Like since they seem carefully and finely crafted it gives them more symbolic merit. Plates are common in ancient art exhibits, but they are a rarity in contemporary displays. It seems like a tactic in creating something that will be around for centuries and not be forgotten. The entrance to the scrap room is a striking surge of color.