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
   

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10. Vincent
    Valdez
    The City II,
    2016
    

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11. “Art raises
    uncomfortable
    questions at times,
    but the rewards
    that come from
    having difficult
    conversations are
    many and
    important.”
    — Blanton director Simone Wicha
    

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14. Philip
    Guston
    City
    Limits,
    1969
    

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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
    

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