Nagar Azimi on Art and Activism

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Nagar Azimi on Art and Activism
1 Yes, this summary of Nagar Azimi's essay is accurately represented. The summary highlights Nagar's point that she presents on pages 84 and 85 that the character of political art has changed; in her words, she says that " something has changed when it comes to contemporary art's preoccupation with the political" (Nagar, 85). Moreover, Nagar's essay talks about the difference between representing politics and enacting it, which the summary perfectly outlines by stating that those artists who concentrate on political art and critique are only heard but are incapable of effecting any real change. The major points of the essay can be seen in the summary, thus accurately representing the original essay by Nagar.
2 In the video, Latoya talks about the degradation of her community and her hometown and how Levi's used this town in its inspirational ads. The history of her hometown and the quotes in Levi's commercial have caused her to reflect upon many things that society hasn't yet understood. And so, Latoya says her responsibility as an artist is to ask questions, and she believes that is what all artists should do.
3 In the moving pictures, she says that she was combating stereotypes, especially those from the media that depict people like her and her mother in the most dehumanizing ways: they come from poverty or worthless. She attempts to deal with these issues by photographing each other (her mother and her). She us...