For this lesson students took on the Getty Artwork Challenge! This challenge has gained popularity during quarantine and people all over the world have participated in it. Union County High School art students were asked to recreate a famous artwork using three household items. Below are just some of the recreations created by students.
A self-portrait is a work of art that a person makes of themselves. Self-portraits allow people to decide how they want to be seen by others. A self-portrait can communicate many things such as: mark a particular point in one’s life, signify an important event, create milestones from which individuals can observe change, communicate personality, emotions, etc.
For this assignment students selected the theme of signifying a particular point in one’s life. We are living through a pandemic which is a significant event in history these student created portraits that signify this moment and what life is like for them.
Check out some of the portraits students created for this lesson below.