RESPONSE TO LECTURE
Lecture 3 was mostly about the body and how artists have used either their own body or other people's bodies in their artwork. One of the most controversial artists was Robert Mapplethorpe and he made The Black Book. He was an artist is in the 80s and he was homosexual and died of AIDS. In The Black Book Mapplethorpe photographed what seemed to be some of his lovers but they were all African American men. It was controversial because some of the pictures showed the men full frontal and the men were usually naked but doing masculine poses. I also learned that the opposite of love is indifference because love is filled with a lot of different emotions, including lust, fear, hate, and safety. Whereas indifference means one does not care so they do not have any emotion towards that person. I also learned what altruism means, "Unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others. Another artist that really touched me was the artist Sam H., he lived in a cage for a whole entire year. He also punched in his time card every hour on the hour for an entire year. His work was about time and how "Life is a life sentence." I believe it really takes a special person to be able to keep sane in a completely unorthodox situation. I would find it terribly difficult and wearing on my mind. The lecture was a really good one!
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