Image Analysis Worksheet

Image:	Descriptive analysis	Contextual analysis	Theoretical analysis
Steve Bell: David Cameron (conservative)	-bright cartoonist colours and style - hand-drawn satirical text - condom head - making an idiot out of Cameron and his campaign OR bringing to light his shortcomings?	-produced in the general election of 2010 -UK -Made and displayed in the Guardian -left wing, Labor, liberal influenced paper	Relates to cultural and political studies due to its depiction of a political figure and the way in which society reacted to it
Obama Campaign: Hope Shepard Fairey	-uses colours of the American flag - very strong portrait photo - messages of hope, change and to vote - became a bit iconic	-2008 presidential election -designed independently by Fairey and then approved by the Obama campaign -quickly went viral and was displayed on shirts and mugs etc. - inspiring as 1st president of color, inspired a new audience	Could relate to cultural and political studies again as it depicts a political figure and represents a rise to power. Also the way people reacted to it could say a lot about the country at that time and the opinions of people
Donald Trump ‘Nope’	-same patriotic colours as the Obama image -a headshot has also been used but its decidedly not Trumps best image -many different versions of this have been produced all using Trumps face and the word ‘nope’ but all of them are either anonymous or have been created by small scale creators in the internet -shows the buffoon side of Trump	-made during the run up to the 2016 Presidential election -made when everyone was jumping on the bandwagon of laughing at Trump but did it actually act as free exposure for him? -audience: could be trolls laughing at Trump but could equally be the people that happily voted for Trump knowing fully how stupid he appeared to most people	Again fits into the social and political categories, political because, obviously at the heart of this issue, this was the man that was running for president and really this could be seen as presidential campaign advertising. Social because most of the people consuming this image were making a mockery of him (rightly so) yet he still won? Does this mean that society can joke about someone and still respect them enough to elect them, or does it mean this just acted as free publicity for him?
Chris Ofili The Holy Virgin Mary	-bright colours and rich yellow/gold tones -traditional attribute of the virgin mary -female genatalia and elephant dung made it controversial -Black Madonna	-1996 -bought by Charles Saatchi at first -Chris Ofili- 1st black artist to win the Turner prize -hip hop version of traditional master’s paintings -dung used after inspiring trip to Zimbabwe -Chris Ofili was raised as a Roman Catholic	Could be seen to fit into society or cultural studies due to the fact that the main causes of controversy in this piece were the depiction of a black Madonna and the elephant dung and female genetialia added to the canvas. Society were seen to have taken strong vews on this, especially those trying to defend the Christian faith
Myra- Marcus Harvey	-black and white image appears to be a fuzzy newspaper image at first -in reality it’s made of casts of small children’s hands to form a mosaic in black, white and grey -headshot of Myra Hindley that was used prolifically in news articles and the media - ‘the iconic power that has come to it as a result of years of obsessive media reproduction -juxtaposes the innocent hands of children with the “depraved world of adults”	-1995) long after Myra’s conviction - first displayed at the Sensation exhibition in London in 1997 -attracted larger audiences than usual and because of this was said to have been using young children’s murders to attract crowds -protested against not only by artists from the same exhibition but by some of the victims mothers	Fits into cultural and social studies as it was how society reacted to it that was the big thing. "a sole disregard not only for the emotional pain and trauma that would inevitably be experienced by the families of the Moors victims but also the families of any child victim." Quote from Myra herself Could be seen to offend large audiences but is this something that needs to be seen and talked about? Starts conversation
Everyone I’ve Ever Slept With- Tracey Emin	-brightly colored tent inside which is stitched all the names of people the artist has slept with - resembles the shape of the Margate grotto which Tracey is familiar with - hand appliqued, it lists everyone from lovers to friends and family members meaning more specifically “everyone I’ve ever shared a bed with” -very personal and exposed	-1995 -also displayed at the Minky Manky show with much bigger artists work - displayed at the Sensation exhibition - another young brit artist from this list who seems to be so unpopular with society -art for everyone, not aimed at a specific audience	Relates to cultural studies and society as again, it was society’s reaction to this piece which made it both a success and controversial. People didn’t want to see it as art, many people of note laughing when it was destroyed in a fire, however many people did not stop to notice it was not just simply a list of all the men she’d ever slept with