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Born and raised in Brooklyn, Tamia Major is interested in art and how it is perceived to different audiences. She is inspired by different types of art including performance art and contemporary art. She is currently enrolled in Bard High School Early College Manhattan. She shares a particular interest in creative writing, and wants to have a profession in psychology. She is currently enrolled in two internships named the Lab for Teen Thinkers, and Teen Curators at the Hill Art Foundation. She also goes to a program dedicated to helping students apply and get into college and guide them in the high school and college application process, called Breakthrough New York.
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Kevin Beasley, Bust, 2011–20. Polyurethane resin, dye-sublimation printed t-shirt, motocross neck brace, Charles's cervical neck collar. 22 1/2 x 20 x 24 inches (57.2 x 50.8 x 61 cm).
“Bust” by Kevin Beasley uses many everyday items such as t-shirts, a neck brace, a neck collar, and resin. The body reveals what seems to be an interpretation of some kind of animal. I believe that Beasley chose to use these items in order to express his artwork with things people use on a daily basis, and show them there is a way to interpret it differently. Seeing items you use regularly being used in a different way can encourage you to understand them differently and think outside the box; I believe that is what Beasley is helping people to do. When walking around this work and looking closely, you can see that it can either looks like an animal looking straight at you, or a bunch of random items put together differently. It is all about perspective. That being said, to better understand this sculpture you can ask yourself: why would he make this, what can this sculpture be closely related to, and what could be the significance?
