In the article about Pepón Osorio’s Badge of Honor, we find out that the term “badge of honor,” rather than applying to the father and the elevated status of his position within a gang, belongs to the mother, the one who holds the family together with the father’s incarceration. However, that’s not the only message the piece communicates.
For this writing exercise, I’d like you to come up with your own interpretation of the Pepón Osorio installation. Is there a message you thought about when you looked at the images or when you viewed the video or read the review?
Use RENNS (reasons, examples, names, numbers, appeals to the senses) to support your response: point to and name specific details taken from your reading of the installation, refer to the notes you’ve taken from watching the PBS video, and include any ideas that stood out to you from the David Blatherwick review of Osorio’s work.
Finally, in your conclusion, I’d like you to consider if Osorio’s work meets or challenges your expectations of art.
Responses need to be at least 300 words (about one page), typed, double-spaced, and MLA formatted.
Refer to the lecture notes on Osorio before completing your work with this assignment. I will grade you on how well your response addresses the issue of context when it comes to understanding Osorio’s art. This means that you should integrate the variety of ideas you discover within your viewing of the PBS Art 21 video and reading of the article.
After you read the short biography on Osorio, watch the video clip taken from the PBS series Art21. I’ve provided a link below.
https://art21.org/watch/art-in-the-twenty-first-century/s1/pepon-osorio-in-place-segment/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UQtnhakIvw (Youtube ver)
