Martin and I
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Title
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Martin and I
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Description
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Hello everyone!!! My name is Ronald Roach. My major is in Industrial Technology, concentration in Supply Chains and Distribution. I was born and raised here in Greenville, North Carolina with a beautiful wife of 7 years and a beautiful 4-year-old daughter. She is about to start kindergarten, which I am not ready for. As a kid, I use to read and write poetry and, in my teens, and early 20’s, I used to make music. It seems that when reality hit and I got older, my creativity faded away. The process I took to create this imitation portrait was first, look around the house to find something to inspire me. I realized that I was reading a book titled “Where Do We Go from Here? Chaos or Community?” by Martin Luther King, Jr. I researched and found this color portrait of him. I dressed up and took a picture of myself in the pose like Martin. The artist of this portrait was produced by PGBureau Pop artist. I chose this art because it popped. It was very colorful, very bold, and alive. The color gave Martin a more colorful history than old, dull history. The portion of this portrait that stood out the most was his eyes. His eyes were powerful, full of hope; even though he lived in a very dangerous and stressful time in America and the world. With all the colors that was used to paint his face, lips and hands, I was still drawn in by the eyes. It appealed aesthetically to this portrait. As you can see there is a strong different between the color portrait and my imitation portrait. And I did that for a reason. I understand that the artist used his color scheme, portraying Martin in colorful way, making him more iconic. And which he is. To me, the portrait has a more fantasy feel to it. I wanted to portray the realness of the of the times we are facing. As Martin had the courage to stand up for what’s right in the face of adversity, I hope I can do the same. This was created as an assignment for ART 1910 instructed by Susan Luddeke. The Getty Museum of Art created the Getty Museum Challenge as a way to keep people engaged during the pandemic.
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Winterville, North Carolina
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Creator
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Roach, Ronald
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Date
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2021-05-31
