Owen Roberts
February 28, 2022
ART 263
New Jersey City Univ.
Blog Assignment 2
Artist + Self
The artist that I chose that uses forms and examples of
Activism to show how people of color are portrayed in the eyes of society
across the United States was Shahaan Azeem. Shahaan Azeem stood out to me because
of his in depth paintings of the perceptions of how a person of a color looks
like in the eyes of America. The paintings show specific features that stand out
on the faces of colored people like hair, lips, and noses. The paintings also
show the types of clothes and accessories that is normally seen on a person of
color for example big glasses, hats, and nice jewelry like Necklaces and earrings.
The paintings are a collection of an Asian face, a Latino face and a Black face.
His paintings express the different issues of identities, equalities, and
representations of how people of color are supposed to look. His paintings are
forms of activism because they provide a platform that challenges the viewers
opinions and perceptions on important racial topics like this.
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