Art 21 response

 Link to video: https://art21.org/watch/art-in-the-twenty-first-century/s1/michael-ray-charles-in-consumption-segment/ 

Artist name: Michael Ray Charles

I would say that Charles' art is polarizing and aggravated.

https://www.amazon.com/Michael-Ray-Charles/dp/189147510X

https://emuseum.mfah.org/objects/24049/a-piece-of-the-rock

Charles uses color to create such a polarizing effect. By painting the figures in such a deep black, and then surrounding them with lighter colors; Charles really makes these figures seem to jump off of the page. Additionally, the use of black and white in such a drastic juxtaposition adds as social commentary on the separation and segregation between the two colors for much of the United States history.