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 Module 5: Artwork Analysis                        Neil Leifer, Muhammad Ali Vs. Sonny Liston, May 25th 1965,  https://time.com/4357436/muhammad-ali-dead-sonny-liston-fight-photo/           This photograph was taken by Neil Leifer in Lewiston, Maine on May 25th. This was the day a 23-year-old Muhammad Ali knocked out Sonny Liston just 1 minute and 44 seconds into the first round. Leifer credits this photo to being in the right place at the right time, this is absolutely the case and it is also the reason I really like photographs. Photographs give people of all abilities the opportunity to document influential moments and keep them forever. In this moment Leifer was able to capture Ali radiating the strength and poetic boldness that made him the nation's beloved and reviled athlete at a time in the 60's when sports were being objectively battered.  This photo was taken just as A...

  Module 4:Artwork Analysis   Kehinde Wiley, Portrait of Barack Obama, 2018,  https://americaspresidents.si.edu/gallery After reading the article about Jay-z and Beyonce's music video "APES**T" has had an effect on changing "who belongs in museums" ( https://hyperallergic.com/449108/beyonce-jay-z-louvre-apeshit-museums/ ) I decided to do an analysis of Barack Obama's portrait in the National Portrait Gallery. When Obama's portrait, along with wife Michelle's portrait, was unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery the event was remarkable for a multitude of reasons. Both paintings were commissions by black artists (Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald), they also fit into an all-white historical context, he was the first black president of the United States, and like the music video the portraits represent rare examples of black people being heralded in predominately white spaces. These portraits gave normally under-represented populations to see themselves ...

 Module 3: Artwork Analysis               Banksy, Anti-Brexit Mural, May 7th 2017   Bansky-Dover.png This is an artwork created by Banksy, he is a British street artist well-known for keeping his identity and artworks a secret. His art states his opinion on political and social issues that are happening in the world, they tend to be quite controversial and many of them get spray painted over. This particular piece of art is in a town called Dover, which is located in Kent, it is the main crossing point of the British channel and the entrance into mainland Europe.  This image shows a man chiseling the stars of the European Union (EU) flag, it is a symbol for the UK leaving the European Union. This art appeared the day after it was voted that the UK would leave, this makes it really controversial because the country was very divided and many people were upset about the outcome. The location was hugely significant as it is essenti...

 Module 2: Artwork Analysis The above image is a photograph of a portrait "Whistlejacket" a racehorse painted by George Stubbs, an English artist. Stubbs was commissioned to paint this portrait in 1762 by the Marquess of Rockingham. It is now shown in The National Gallery in London, England. Below is the link to The National Gallery website and their insight on this portrait:  https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/george-stubbs-whistlejacket   Although, essentially, this is just an oil painting of a horse it still sparks the interest of many people; horse lovers or not. This is down to how realistic this portrait looks; the way Stubbs has captured the light on the fur and the shadows created by Whistlejacket's muscles make it look like a photograph. I believe the medium chosen for this portrait also helps Stubbs capture the realistic fur look, oil paintings can be manipulated to add texture by being thicker in certain places; this could help achieve more 3D hairs t...