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Jackie Traverse Two Owls Analysis

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This assignment is about responding to an art piece about the consequences of the 60’s Scoop, in my case responding to Two Scoops by Jackie Traverse. To begin with, this paragraph will discuss what signs and symbols are prominent in the piece and the reason why. At first glance, the most eye-catching thing about the art piece is red scribbles coming out from the houses’ windows. Unfortunately, the reason why the red scribbles were used is unknown to me. Just as interesting, Jackie Traverse used inept spelling when writing “i want to go Home”. To clarify, this is because the art piece was created with the intention of being in the perspective of an adopted Indigenous child. In addition, the style of the houses displayed in the piece delineated …show more content…

To begin with, the most pronounced color in Two Scoops is blood-like red. Palpably, the colour represents blood. To elaborate, the colour red is used to portray pain, abuse, and hurt, all experienced during the 60’s scoop. Aside from this eerie colour, white, black, and grey are also fairly conspicuous. To explain further, those dreary colours represent unhappiness, horror, neglect, and possibly the urban building style of the Europeans. In sum, the colours used in Traverse’s art piece and the purpose of their use was elucidated in this …show more content…

First of all, Jackie Traverse may be implying “home” is not the European houses displayed in her artwork. Another, the scene of the houses in the picture give the impression that they are European and not Aboriginal. Last, Two Scoops appears to be drawn by a little kid. That “little kid” may be symbolize the Indigenous children who were adopted by the Western families during the 60’s Scoop. Briefly stated, this paragraph went into three reasons why I believe Traverse’s art piece shows the aboriginal perspective. In conclusion, I have responded to Jackie Traverse’s Two Scoops. Stating the obvious, the art piece is about the 60’s Scoop. The questions responded to in this assignment are: what signs or symbols are prominent and why; what colours are present and what do they mean; how has this event affected the artist, family and community; is this the aboriginal perspective and why or why

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