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Check in: Picasso baby!

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Ex. 1
 Watch Jay Z’s video ‘Picasso Baby’ and answer 
the questions. 
Take notes. 
Use a pencil or a piece of scrap paper.
Afterwards, discuss the answers in your team.

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a Jay Z equates rap concerts to performance art. Explain why.
b Describe in your own words what Jay Z does in the video.
c Do you think Jay Z merits his place in the museum as an artist? Why (not)? (personal answer)
d Describe the people present at the venue. What kind of people are they? Give a few examples.
e Why did Jay Z invite them to make this video?
f Explain the title ‘Picasso Baby’. How do you interpret the song’s title?
g  Look up the lyrics of the song. What is the song about? 
h Is rap performance art in your view? Why (not)? (personal answer)

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a Jay Z equates rap concerts to performance art. Explain why.



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a Jay Z equates rap concerts to performance art. Explain why.

Concerts are pretty much performance art, but the venues change. As the venues
are different, so are the performances. 

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b Describe in your own words what Jay Z does in the video.

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b Describe in your own words what Jay Z does in the video.

He performs his rap song and interacts with the spectators, to create a unique kind
of energy, to make each performance of the song a unique performance.

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c Do you think Jay Z merits his place in the museum as an artist? Why (not)? (personal answer)

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d Describe the people present at the venue. What kind of people are they? Give a few examples.

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d Describe the people present at the venue. What kind of people are they? Give a few examples.

There are different kinds of people of different ages and backgrounds: 
- famous people: e.g. actors like  Adam Driver
- unknown writers or artists
- gallery owners, art sales people
- students, children

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e Why did Jay Z invite them to make this video?

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e Why did Jay Z invite them to make this video?

To prove the artistic value of a rap song and to create a unique interaction while performing it. He wants to break down the boundaries between different forms of art and shoot an interesting video for the song.

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f Explain the title ‘Picasso Baby’. How do you interpret the song’s title?

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f Explain the title ‘Picasso Baby’. How do you interpret the song’s title?

‘I’m the modern-day Pablo.’ He compares the creativity and the emotions in his rap to some of the greatest artists of all time, including Pablo Picasso. He puts rap on the same level as fine art.

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g  Look up the lyrics of the song. What is the song about? 


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I just want a Picasso, in my casa
No, my castle
I'm a hassa, no I'm a asshole
I'm never satisfied, can't knock my hustle
I wanna Rothko, no I wanna brothel
No, I want a wife that fuck me like a prostitute
Let's make love on a million, in a dirty hotel
With the fan on the ceiling, all for the love of drug dealing
Marble Floors, gold Ceilings
Oh what a feeling, fuck it I want a billion
Jeff Koons balloons, I just wanna blow up
Condos in my condos, I wanna row of
Christie's with my missy, live at the MoMA
Bacons and turkey bacons, smell the aroma
Oh what a feeling
Picasso Baby, Ca Picasso baby
Ca ca Picasso Baby, Ca ca Picasso baby
Oh what a feeling
Picasso Baby, Ca Picasso baby
Ca ca Picasso Baby, Ca ca Picasso baby
It ain't hard to tell
I'm the new Jean Michel
Surrounded by Warhols
My whole team ball
Twin Bugattis outside the Art Basel
I just wanna live life colossal
Leonardo Da Vinci flows
Riccardo Tisci Givenchy clothes
See me throning at the Met
Vogueing on these niggas
Champagne on my breath, yes
House like the Louvre or the Tate Modern
Because I be going ape at the auction
Oh what a feeling
Aw fuck it I want a trillion
Sleeping every night next to Mona Lisa
The modern day version
With better features
Yellow Basquiat in my kitchen corner
Go ahead lean on that shit Blue

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You own it
Oh what a feeling
Picasso Baby, Ca Picasso baby
Ca ca Picasso Baby, Ca ca Picasso baby
Oh what a feeling
Picasso Baby, Ca Picasso baby
Ca ca Picasso Baby, Ca ca Picasso baby
I never stuck my cock in the fox's box but
Damned if I ain't open Pandora's box
They try to slander your man
On CNN and Fox
My Mirandas don't stand a chance, with cops
Even my old fans like old man just stop
I could if I would but I can't
I'm hot, and you blow
I'm still the man to watch, Hublot
On my left hand or not
Soon I step out the booth
The cameras pops niggas is cool with it
Till the canons pop
Now my hand on the Bible
On the stand got your man in a jam, again
Got my hands in cuff
I'm like god damn enough
I put down the cans and they ran amok
My hairpin pierce skin, ruptures spleens
Cracks ribs, go through cribs, and other things
No sympathy for the king, huh?
Niggas even talk about your baby crazy
Eventually the pendulum swings
Don't forget America this how you made me
Come through with the 'Ye mask on
Spray everything like SAMO
I won't scratch the Lambo
What's it gon take
For me to go
For you to see
I'm the modern day Pablo
Picasso baby

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g  Look up the lyrics of the song. What is the song about? 

It is a lyrical shout-out to art, with references to the Mona Lisa, Mark Rothko, Francis Bacon, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jeff Koons and Andy Warhol. (left to right)

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h Is rap performance art in your view? Why (not)? (personal answer)

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Which forms of art
do you know?

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Have your ever tried to express yourself through art?
Yes, I have!
No, I haven't.

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If you were to express yourself in art, which art form would you choose?
architecture
motion picture
painting
calligraphy
dance
drawing and/or printmaking
literature
theatre
sculpture
photography

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Ex. 3
How do visual art and verbal art differ? Explain.


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Ex. 3
How do visual art and verbal art differ? Explain.

The medium differs. If not recorded or written, verbal art  (.e.g. songs) is fleeting, whereas visual art is permanent. Visual art (e.g. paintings) is more universal, because there are no language boundaries.

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