{"id":4504,"date":"2018-10-22T19:21:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T19:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/?p=4504"},"modified":"2018-10-22T19:21:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T19:21:00","slug":"test-your-art-i-q-18-who-am-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/?p=4504","title":{"rendered":"Test your Art I.Q. #18: Who am I ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/span>This artist has been considered one of the most innovative minds of our time. _________\u00a0is a contemporary conceptual artist who examines racial passing and racism. Her work <\/span>Cornered <\/span><\/i>is a video recording where she expresses her blackness although because of her fair skin she can pass for white. She is a street performer, writer, and visual artist. She received a master\u2019s and doctorate in Philosophy from Harvard University in 1977 and 1981 respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the 1970s, she began a series of street performances under the collective title, Catalysis, which included actions such as, painting her clothes with white paint and wearing a sign that read, “Wet Paint”, and going to Macy’s department store to shop for gloves and sunglasses; stuffing a huge white towel into her mouth and riding the bus, subway, and Empire State Building elevator; and dousing herself in a mixture of vinegar, eggs, milk, and cod liver oil and then spending a week moving around New York’s subway and bookstores.<\/p>\n

Test your Art I.Q. #18: Who Am I ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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>>>>Don’t know the\u00a0<\/span>answer, highlight over this line\u00a0<\/span>Adrian Piper (b. 1948)<<<<<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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