Hong, Caroline

Hi everyone! I'm Caroline Hong and my preferred pronouns are she, her and hers. I've been living in SoCal since birth and have recently transferred to UCLA as a third year pre-Business Economics major. After graduating, I want to pursue a job where I can create- vague but creating is my passion. My interests are in environmental sustainability and art. 

I've always been interested in different art styles, techniques and mediums- such as drawing, painting, calligraphy, paper collages, stamp carving, video editing and photography to name a few- as well as learning about artists and their styles that contribute to their legacy. Throughout my secondary and undergraduate education, I've been able to briefly learn about artists- ranging from Monet to Wifredo Lam to Richard Avedon. I know I have much to learn about Chicanx Latinx art and artists. Through this course, I knew I'd be able to enter a space where I could hear a variety of perspectives from classmates, and try to understand the complex stories behind artists and how their styles portray their purpose. I'm trying to keep my art knowledge and education 'alive' while taking a majority of economics courses.

During quarantine, I picked up new hobbies: hand embroidering and wheel throwing pottery (it was much more difficult than it looked). I enjoy visiting museums and taking walks with my family. 

For "Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now" by E. Carmen Ramos, almost the entire reading seemed unfamiliar to me. I was naively unaware of how common it was then to utilize graphic design to inform and update communities. For example, many Chicanx artwork confronts the patriarchal system and fights to increase representation (40). 

Pertaining to one of the readings titled "Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists" by Linda Nochlin, Nochlin states "Indeed, in our time of instant communication, 'problems' are rapidly formulated to rationalize the bad conscience of those with power..." Nochlin clearly verbalizes how different perspectives cause 'normalcies' to be experienced as problems for one group of people, while it may be interpreted in an opposite fashion to the other party. After reading this title and excerpt, I am curious to see how intersectionality can be used to analyze the art we will learn about, such as viewing artists and artwork through a lens of gender, sexuality, class and more. I remain excited to learn and gaining a wider perspective through everyone.