ASHES AND SNOW STUDY QUESTIONS

Study Questions

Ashes and Snow Exhibition

Please record your observations and comments in your blog.

Please consider the following questions and reflect on them in your blogs.

1. What are some of the themes that the artist attempts to represent in his works? Some examples might include our relationship with nature, our overcoming nature’s boundaries and our place in the animal kingdom.
2. Is the artist attempting to document the interactions between humans and animals? If so, would you consider these documentations similar to a snapshot, or does the artist attempt to romanticize the relationships? What is the end result?
3. What are some of the ideological references implicit in the art, such as race, class, settings, etc.?
4. How do you think the formal stylistic techniques help convey the art’s meaning? Is it ever confusing? If so, how?
5. Please cite any references in the exhibition of work you have seen before. Does any of this look familiar?

PLEASE INCLUDE THIS IN YOUR BLOG FOR THE JUNE 21^st Critique.

Thanks, Ron and Irene