Impression of a famous artwork
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Title
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Impression of a famous artwork
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Description
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Hi! I'm currently a freshman majoring in Biology. My interests in school has also been anything in the science department. Outside of school, my interests include going hiking, fitness, and doing anything spontaneous. In art, I've always found painting a fun past time. Finding a picture for this assignment, that I could relate to in some way, was very hard for me. The process for recreating the picture I chose was very easy, however. To recreate it all I did was put on a black long-sleeve shirt, put my hair in a bun, then sit in front of the camera and take the picture. After I took the picture I edited it onto the original background from the portrait. The artist whose work I imitated was "Octoroon" by Archibald Motley, it was created in 1922. Motley would paint portraits of African-America women who had different levels of black in them. He wanted to showcase every aspect of being black. An "octroroon" is a term used from someone who is 1/8th black. Even though, I'd be considered a "quadroon" (someone who is 1/4th black) I chose to use this portrait because I feel like it gives awareness and representation to people of two or more races. People of more than one race often have a hard time being accepted by either race. You're either too much of one or not enough of the other. This assignment was very fun and allowed me to relax, in a way. I did feel creative doing this. This was an assignment for Susan Ludeke's ART 1910: Art Appreciation course. The Getty Museum Challenge was created by the Getty Museum as a way to keep people engaged during the pandemic.
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Coverage
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Fayetteville, North Carolina
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Creator
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Anonymous
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Date
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2021-03-24
