A) I found the process of Janine Antoni's rope-making piece to be very artistic. She took many things that had meaning in her life and tied them together creating a rope. A rope, as she pointed out, connects parts together. Since these things were part of her life, everything in one's life is connected. This piece is about her life.
B) Although she used her hands in the rope-making process, it is very different from her action painting process. When one looks at her rope-making work, they will assume the artist used her hands to make this that artwork. However, when one looks at her action painting works they wouldn't know how the artist created this piece of artwork. For example, the artwork that required her to used her hair and mopped the floor with dye, one would not know that she used her hair just by looking at it. I think this method is particularly appropriate to the meaning she wants to get across because art is essentially of piece of yourself. By using your body it takes that meaning literally.
C) Someone who is completely ignorant to Antoni's work of Moor would not understand the meaning of it. They will understand that it was made by tying different materials and objects together to make a rope. However, they wouldn't understand that each material or object has a meaningful significance to Antoni's life.
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