Focus your comments on a single work of art. What aesthetic qualities does the work possess that enable it to capture and hold the viewer’s attention? How does the piece appear to stake out a position in some cultural dispute? What did it make you feel when you looked at it? What did it make you think about when you looked at it?
Focus your comments on one or two of the selected works. Explain how and why the work exemplifies high culture. low culture, or possesses attributes of each.
Which piece or pieces clearly reference an issue in the Culture War. Which make their stand so clear that you believe you can identify the particular cultural division the work seeks to comment on?
Which work evoked the strongest emotional responses from you as a viewer? What did it make you want to do next and why?
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