Art

Art often reflects and interrogates difficult issues in an indirect, sometimes purely emotional way.
The painting Red April in the slide presentation is a great example of a painting reflecting the murder of Martin
Luther King in an indirect way (as opposed to a photograph of the incident.) This assignment is geared towards
dealing with a difficult subject in an artistic way. You don’t need to be an artist to complete it.
After reading The Guardian article on lynching embedded in the slide presentation (or read the alternate
assignment), I want you to conceptualize an artistic representation that reflects 1) the content of the article, and
2) your feelings about what you read. (2 points)