Controversial Art I

Liza Lou
Security Fence, 2005-2007 

Liza Lou is famous for her beading.  This security fence is made completely out of beads.

Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima is a historic photograph taken on February 23, 1945, by Joe Rosenthal 

Ohio
By: Neil Young

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio.

Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?

This is a song written by Neil Young in response to the Kent State shootings on May 4, 1970. In this shooting the Ohio National Guard opened fire on college students killing four and wounding nine who were
protesting or maybe just changing classes (the details were never
clear). In the song Neil Young refers to "four dead in ohio" which are
the four students in Kent. This song was performed by Crosby, Steel,
Nash, and Young. This song was released in on a live recording in 1971
and a studio recording was released in 1974. "Tin soldiers and Nixon coming," refers to the Ohio National Guardsmen
who killed the student protesters and Young's attribution of their
deaths to the President of the United States, Richard Nixon. Crosby
once stated that Young keeping Nixon's name in the lyrics was "the
bravest thing I ever heard." After the double's release, it was banned
from some AM radio stations because of the challenge to the Nixon
Administration in the lyrics, but received airplay on then underground
FM stations in larger cities and college towns. The American
counterculture took the group as its own after this song, giving the
four a status as leaders and spokesmen they would enjoy to varying
extent for the rest of the decade.

Coded Slave Songs 

•“Wade in the Water” is one of the most common slave songs known.

•It reflects the Israelites escape out of Egypt known in Exodus 14 from the Bible.

•It was said to contain a secret message with explicit instructions to fugitive slaves on how to avoid being captured and successfully finding the right route leading to their freedom.

“Wade in the Water”

Wade in the water (children)
Wade in the water
Wade in the water
God's gonna trouble the water

If you don't believe I've been redeemed
God's gonna trouble the water
I want you to follow him on down to Jordan stream
(I said) My God's gonna trouble the water
You know chilly water is dark and cold
(I know my) God's gonna trouble the water
You know it chills my body but not my soul
(I said my) God's gonna trouble the water

(Come on let's) wade in the water
Wade in the water (children)
Wade in the water
God's gonna trouble the water

Now if you should get there before I do
(I know) God's gonna trouble the water
Tell all my friends that I'm comin' too
(I know) God's gonna trouble the water
Sometimes I'm up lord and sometimes I'm down
(You know my) God's gonna trouble the water
Sometimes I'm level to the ground
God's gonna trouble the water
(I Know) God's gonna trouble the water

Wade in the water (children)
Wade out in the water (children)
God's gonna trouble the water