5. por•trait
|ˈpôrtrət; -ˌtrāt|
noun
1. a work of art that represents a specific
person.
portraits usually show what a person looks
like as well as revealing something about
the subject’s personality.
6. por•trait
|ˈpôrtrət; -ˌtrāt|
noun
1. a work of art that represents a specific
person.
portraits usually show what a person looks
like as well as revealing something about
the subject’s personality.
portraits can be made of any sculptural
material or in any two-dimensional
medium.
20. Damien Hirst (German)
For the Love of God, 2007 A.D.
a platinum cast of a real human
skull encrusted with 8,601
diamonds
21. Damien Hirst (German)
For the Love of God, 2007 A.D.
a platinum cast of a real human
skull encrusted with 8,601
diamonds
cost 14 million pounds to
make, allegedly sold for 50
million pounds - this would
make it the most expensive
work of art ever sold
22. Damien Hirst (German)
For the Love of God, 2007 A.D.
a platinum cast of a real human
skull encrusted with 8,601
diamonds
cost 14 million pounds to
make, allegedly sold for 50
million pounds - this would
make it the most expensive
work of art ever sold
teeth are real human teeth
54. The “Our Kind Of People” series examines how
clothing, ethnicity and gender affect our ideas about
identity, personality and character.
The subjects in this work are dressed in clothing
from their own wardrobes. The outfits are worn in a
style and fashion similar to how that person would
wear them in daily life.
I have kept the lighting and facial expressions the
same in each photograph, changing only the clothing
and race. Devoid of any context for assessing the
personality of the individual in the photograph, the
viewer projects her or his own cultural biases on
each photograph.