Shepard Fairey, Andre the Giant Has a Posse, 1989,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_the_Giant_Has_a_Posse

This artwork was created as a joke and used by skaters and graffiti artists all over the world. It was altered to become other paintings, such as OBEY Giant. It lists former pro wrestler Andre the Giant as 7'4" and 520 lbs, although he was 7' and 400 lbs. It was joke directed towards skater culture and rap artists. The painting is basically saying fear him because he has a posse behind him.
The subject of this painting is Andre the Giant and his posse. It wants people to be afraid of him or look at it as a joke, which was the initial intention.
Some questions I would ask are:
What made you pick Andre the Giant?
What inspired this work of art?
Who is his posse?
Why did you direct it towards rap artists and skaters?

Race and Gender Criticism

While reading "Race and Gender Criticism", I learned about the oppression and discrimination against women and people of color. I believe that everyone should be judged by their artwork and not by their ethnicity and background. According to this article, only one person of color was able to showcase their work and no black men were able to at all. I believe this should not happen because we have come too far to take a couple steps back. Everyone should be treated with equality. How do you feel about this?

My Very First Art Experience

My very first art experience that I can remember was in 3rd grade in Art class. We had began to make our own sketchbooks. We folded, colored, and decorated them to our liking. The teacher allowed us to draw and sketch what we wanted to an extent. She loved our creative minds at a young age. This was the first time I began to actually like art. She opened my eyes to something I had never seen before.