Revolutionary Sister

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/we_wanted_a_revolution

Usually "Art" to me looks like nothing but paint and lines to me and frankly I do not care to get too into a painting but, Dindga McCannon changed that for me with her Revolutionary Sister art piece . Dindga McCannon is a African American woman born July 31,1947. She is a American born individual with a talent that has been hidden for far too long. The reason as to why this piece stood out to me the most is because she created a Woman with art who is a warrior. Back then , there was not many woman who were warriors let alone worthy enough to hold this strong title but, she created the ideal warrior who gave me some sort of inspiration to bring my inner warrior out. Dindga states , "My warrior is made from pieces from the hardware store." as silly as this sounds this hear seemed to be a bit empowering to me just for the simple fact that she went somewhere that no other woman would. Hardware stores was not a place for women in general, that was a place strictly for men. Materials used for this were wood, plastic, gun shells, and even mini flag poles. She used colors like , green , red and black which were very symbolic for being liberation colors. some colors represented the color of her flag and others showed power colors.  My absolute FAVORITE thing about this piece is the bullets used as her belt. " Her bullet belt validates her warrior status. She doesn't need a gun. The power of change exists within her." (Dingda McCannon) This quote stated in her description was so powerful and something that I can agree with in so many ways. It shows that the power of change lies within us. WE as people and women are capable of changing the world with ourselves and not by using violence. Violence is never the answer for change, all it does is create violence and more anger which causes more terrible things to happen. We have to be the change we want to be and I believe Dindga McCannon captured that so well with this beautiful piece.

Kara Walker 

Kara Walker is a artist based out of New York City and is well known for her amazing candids of race, gender, sexuality and violence with each figure.  Kara was born in Stockton , California in 1989 and then later started her life based in Atlanta Georgia. As Kara grew older her passion for art increased over time and ended up becoming her actual profession. Walkers paintings have been seen at many exhibits and even in New York City such as The Whitney Museum of American Art. 

Relation to Dindga McCannon

Kara Walkers pieces relate to multiple subjects in relation to Dindga McCannons pieces because they both touch upon two very important subjects. Race and Gender. Both pieces show two women coming out of this "stereotypical" look. Dindgas piece was rebellious showing a woman be who she really is, a warrior, and Kara painting dominates a women leaving her passed of being a save and discovering free will. Kara and Dindga both bring out these strong pieces with so much meaning behind them and breaking free from what they are known to be from their past. 

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The piece itself shows three different individuals telling a story of something they have experienced . The first picture shows a slave women, some one suffering and being held captured. The middle portrait it is seen to be that a women is being taken out of where she was hidden for so long. The last portrait shows a women searching for something in the area she is in maybe she's searching for her true self, her freedom, perhaps a way out . Its seemed to be that these pictures put together tell a story that all three people are actually one individual itself. Yanno what , looking into this now I just realized that the two out side women is the women in the middle being freed from slavery. They now are free to do as they wish . This is like a coming about portrait. Just like Dindgas portrait . Her lady was bringing out her inner warrior, while Kara women is bringing out her true self. Both Artist seem to touch upon the coming out subject and touches it correctly.