For this post, you will choose one work of art from either the Rachel Feinstein Show, “Maiden, Mother, Crone” or from the Jewish Museum’s permanent collection, and you will write a 400-500 word blog post about it. At the museum, after you choose your work of art, take a photo of it to post on the blog.

In your written analysis, answer the following questions:

1. In what way does this work constitute conceptual art? What idea does it express? How does it express this idea–how is the material form of the work of art in service of its concept? What innovations does it make? Is it a mimesis—or is it abstract? Pay attention to the medium—the materials—as well as the content and visual style of the artwork, here.

2. In what way (if any) is this work political? What message does it hold? How is it—do you think—trying to effect a change in the viewer, or in the world?

3. How are your answers to #1 and #2 related? How is the artwork’s material expression of the artist’s concept an effective way of communicating with–and perhaps changing–the viewer, or the world?