Bright Mornings: Researching History and Violence through the Sculptures of Melvin Edwards

Autor/inn/en	Jungerberg, Tom; Smith, Anna; Borsh, Colleen; Wilbur, Lynda
Titel	Bright Mornings: Researching History and Violence through the Sculptures of Melvin Edwards
Quelle	In: Art Education, 69 (2016) 3, S.52-58 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0004-3125
DOI	10.1080/00043125.2016.1158596
Schlagwörter	Sculpture; Artists; Art Products; Violence; Social Problems; Mass Media; Art Education; Teaching Methods; War; Racial Bias; African Americans; History; High School Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildhauerei; Artiste; Artist; Künstler; Künstlerin; Künstlerische Produktion; Gewalt; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Massenmedien; Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Krieg; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Afroamerikaner; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin
Abstract	This article describes an instructional resource that offers a framework for talking with students about violence through the work of artist Melvin Edwards. Edwards' sculptures have explored the cultural turmoil of the 20th century, while leaving room for multiple interpretations and inviting the viewer's own perspective. For more than 50 years, in a series of small-scale reliefs he calls "Lynch Fragments," Edwards has been exploring the cultural turmoil of the 20th century using the medium of welded steel. Because the "Lynch Fragments" are abstract, they avoid the confrontational tone of more explicit artworks, leaving room for multiple interpretations and inviting the viewer's own perspective. Works by Edwards outside of the "Lynch Fragments" series, often made from potentially dangerous re-purposed objects like barbed wire, use the symbolic weight and physical presence of their materials to draw viewers in and cause those experiencing the work to consider its violent potential. Some photographs of Edwards' work are provided. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01