Vincent Valdez: The City I and II

A "See, Think, Wonder" for classroom use. See:

https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/vincent-valdez-kkk-panorama-blanton-1320290

https://blantonmuseum.org/primer-vincent-valdez/about-the-art/

Interview with the artist: https://youtu.be/3wQM5xio2G0

Transcript

1. The City I, 2015-16 Vincent Valdez
10. Vincent Valdez The City II, 2016
11. “Art raises uncomfortable questions at times, but the rewards that come from having difficult conversations are many and important.” — Blanton director Simone Wicha
12. 6:44
14. Philip Guston City Limits, 1969
15. [Outro] Father, Mother, Sister, Brother Stand by me It's not so easy to be free It's not so easy to be free It's not so easy to be free And nobody ever said it would be easy And nobody ever said it would be easy It's not so easy to be free It's not so easy to be free And nobody ever said it would be easy And nobody ever said it would be easy It's not so easy, no it's not so easy It's not so easy, no it's not so easy It's not so easy, no it's not so easy It's not so easy, no it's not so easy It's not so easy, no it's not so easy