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Wenda Gu

Why does he choose these materials to work with?
He uses them because they are universal bodily material.

Why the topic of menstruation?
It is a cross cultural, transnational, inescapable, and intimate subject.

Why did he choose to name his work Oedipus?
To put his works in the context of primal sense to provoke confused attitudes about familial relationships.

His goal is to make universal art with things and subjects that are universal. He believes that languages brings about a lot of misunderstanding. My personal feelings on his art are a little grossed out because I think about how he obtained his materials and because of what his materials are. I also think it is quite weird but I think that is what he is going for. He wants go evoke those emotions in people


Daniel Joseph Martinez

Why did he choose to be a political artist?
His goal is to open the eyes of people to the problems of our nations that we have in the past endured and are still enduring.

Why doesn't he call himself an artist?
He calls himself a tactical media strategist instead because of the messages he is trying to send in his works.

What type of works does he do?
Mostly installation which are often offensive to make people question their ideals.

He is a very political artist challenging the ideals America was founded on and on the social division that is happening. I thought that the buttons were really interesting because each button had a different part of the phrase on it so you would have to read other peoples button as well to get the whole message.