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About Me

Embarking on my pursuit of graduate study in the History of Art and Architecture at Boston University this Fall 2011. I am sincerely interested in critical race studies in American art and the effects of transnationalism in an increasing multicultural country. How individual artists express identity in a growing society fundamentally based on materialism plays a significant role in my passion of racial awareness and separation.

Location:
United States, Jamaica Plain, MA
Current role:
Student
Gender:
Prefer not to say
Areas of expertise:
History of Art and Architecture, Art Criticism
Languages:
French, Arabic, English
Universities:
Boston University - College of Arts and Sciences, Georgia State University - College of Arts and Sciences

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  • A comment on Talk: Onyx Ashanti: This is beatjazz

    Jul 21 2011: I can (and did) groove to this. Indeed.
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    A comment on Conversation: What is art?

    May 31 2011: As cliché as this sound, art is life. It materializes through expression, visual arts, letters, words, gestures. . . I feel creativity is temporally relative and non-essential. Art can be important or unimportant, impressive or ugly.

    "what's the difference between the egg i draw on a paper and the egg Da Vinci draws?"

    The fundamental difference is that you are neither da Vinci nor may your egg have the same purpose. Toss in the lack of critics bolstering the celebrity of your 'egg piece' along with who you're specifically asking that question and you see where da Vinci's leverage comes from. Asking that to an architect, art historian, curator, botanist, or child will have varying answers, which I believe is best as "art" should be something variable.

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