This piece is from an article titled “Minority rights and the power of art and protest amidst the pandemic.” It relates to the exhibit’s theme of music in that the voices of countless people are represented through music, and this is clearly not the case in this ironic artwork. This work specifically relates to the Black Lives Matter protests that occurred throughout the pandemic, and how so many voices were neglected even though they were making their message loud and clear. The artist of this piece is unknown, and it was found from the Office of the High Commissioner and United Nations for Human Rights (https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/art-minority.aspx).

This is a work that literally shows someone being represented through music. While the main subject is a saxophone, the pieces of a face, among notes and other things, appear around it. This piece sheds light on how music means so many different things to people, since there are countless different takeaways after hearing music. The saxophone was heavily played when Blues Music was popular, as it allowed musicians to express themselves through different notes and music that they could alter to show how they were feeling. The different colors and displacement of facial features surrounding the saxophone are meaningful in that one piece can apply to so many different things. People interpret everything differently, and this is seen today as it was decades ago. The artist of this piece is unknown, and the work is a digital clip art PNG image found online (https://www.anyrgb.com/en-clipart-yr3kx).