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ALEXANDRA BELL

I ENJOYED THE ARTIST TALK BY AMERICAN MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST ALEXANDRA BELL, SHE CREATES HER ARTWORK THROUGH LARGE-SCALE PASTE-UPS OF NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLES EDITED TO CHALLENGE THE PRESUMPTION OF "OBJECTIVITY" IN NEWS MEDIA. USING MARGINALIA, ANNOTATION, REDACTION, AND REVISIONS TO LAYOUT AND IMAGES, BELL EXPOSES RACIAL AND GENDER BIASES EMBEDDED IN PRINT NEWS MEDIA. AS A QUOTE BY MICHAEL OMI & HOWARD WINANT: “THE POWER OF THE MEDIA LIES NOT ONLY IN THEIR ABILITY TO REFLECT THE DOMINANT RACIAL IDEOLOGY BUT IN THEIR CAPACITY TO DEFINE IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.” NEWS SHOULD BE REAL AND RESPECT THE REALITY, MUCH NEWS APPARENTLY IS NOT, HOWEVER. 

BELL USES HER CRITICAL THINKING PROCESS TO EDIT THE NEWSPAPER TO CLAIM THE RIGHTEOUSNESS. I APPRECIATE HER CRITICAL THINKING ABILITY, SHE COULD DISTINGUISH THE LIE FROM THE FAKE NEWS, AND JUDGE THE NEWS OBJECTIVELY. AND THE WAY SHE CORRECTS THE MISTAKE ON THE NEWSPAPER PROVIDES PEOPLE A SENSE OF BEAUTY BECAUSE THE PROCESS SHE CORRECTS THE MISTAKE: COVERING THE “WRONG” TEXT WITH THE TAPE IS LIKE GRAFFITI. I ENJOY THAT KIND OF ART. BELL’S ART EXPRESSES NOT ONLY HER AESTHETIC BUT ALSO HER RIGHTEOUSNESS.



              

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