Lorna Simpson: Waterbearer | Art Theory and Analysis | AmorSciendi

This video is an art historical analysis of Lorna Simpson's photograph "Waterbearer", but it's also about why and how we engage with art. If you liked this video, then you'll love this video: • Kara Walker's Fons Ame...
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References for this video:
Enwezor, O. (2008). Archive fever: Uses of the document in contemporary art. Steidl.
Golden, T., Jones, K., Iles, C., & Beckwith, N. (2021). Lorna Simpson - Revised and expanded edition. Phaidon Press.
Hooks, B. (1993, September 3). Artforum. Artforum. www.artforum.c...
Jones, K. (2021). (un)seen & overheard: Pictures by Lorna Simpson. In Lorna Simpson - Revised and Expanded Edition. Phaidon Press.
Trouillot, M.-R. (1995). Silencing the past: Power and the production of history. Beacon Press (MA).

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Nuts that KZbin makes you censor classical art

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Yeah. .... Yeah

[@BariumCobaltNitrog3n]

My mother was an expressive art therapist so I grew up taking hundreds of visual and psychological tests. I still see art as a sort of Rorschach ink blot, which invites the viewer to tell a story in his head, given this (insert art here) as a prompt, a starting point. I think humans value storytelling as the glue that holds a civilized society together. This story formed instantly and evolved as you spoke. She is in prison, wrongly convicted for killing her husband and she is making her way back from the well with water for the warden and some for the prisoners. She is pouring his water on some weeds so that he will suffer the heat and pouring hers out too so he can't take it for himself, flexing what little control she has over her situation. She has accepted her fate a long time ago and is resigned to helping others that deserve it share her sorrow. She has a loud and healthy laugh that echoes across the lake...

[@AmorSciendi]

That's awesome. Thank you for sharing. Beautifully said

[@brb5506]

Thank you for another interesting -- no, profoundly enlightening -- video.

[@jeffjones6951]

I see her gesture as a SHRUG, not really caring that what she's carefully brought from the river is pissed away

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This was a very nice way to start my day, thank you.

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Augh!! Finally you're here!!! ❤❤

[@AmorSciendi]

Yeah... I take a long time between videos. I'm a full time teacher and have to work on these over weekends and school breaks....

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Wow - I invest a lot of time in learnings here on KZbin but every time I watch one of yours I realise that most of the time I spend anywhere else is a frivolous waste of time. As always, priceless - thankyou so much - 🙏🏻 🌼 🙏🏻

[@AmorSciendi]

Thank you!

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Haha - no, thankyou! - I hope there will always be enough reward in delivering these gems for you never to tire of creating them. It is just such a treat to find each one.

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Thanks!

[@nicolej615]

Thank you for this. I've learned so much.

[@pisongsea]

This is amazing analysis. Thanks!

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Fantastic video: thank you!

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I would love if you could teach us how to search more perspectives about an image

[@AmorSciendi]

I have a bibliography in the description

[@carolynwk]

I saw Lady Justice, weighted in favor of wealth & the past. The contrasts are not limited to the objects she is holding but also in the fabric on her skin. For me that is a reminder of the ugly historical narratives on blackness. Although she is surrounded by these preceptions she shruggs them off, they do not hide her grace & strength.

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Wait, you pixelated art? KZbin makes you do this? This nonsense makes me so sad.