CONTROVERSIAL ARTWORK

-Intention of the Artist: ”The artist behind a controversial work depicting terrorism mastermind Osama bin Laden morphing into Jesus today invited those considering her work to look a little more deeply than the obvious comparison of good and evil.”(http://kafee.wordpress.com/2007/08/30/morphing-jesus-into-osama-bin-laden/) "When you observe these two people, Osama Bin Ladin and Jesus, their ethics could not be more different. But they were both pursued by two of the world’s most powerful armies – the US and the Roman armies. Jesus is clearly defined by history, but I am interested in how history will treat the image of Osama." (http://kafee.wordpress.com/2007/08/30/morphing-jesus-into-osama-bin-laden/) The artist is not only using Obama and Jesus as symbols of good and evil, but she is also referring directly to each of them: She is trying to show how two important, and famous figures such as them, are so different but at the same time do have similarities
-Quality of the Work: " a diverse array of media, including photography, digital illustration, and installation, have been co-opted by this artist for their particular effect: the lenticular photographic process, for example, insistently incorporates two viewing positions into a work, and is seen to change from different angles. The effect is to destabilize the image, and render as problematic any ideas of prescribed meaning" (http://www.edwinacorlette.com/artists-view?aid=16)
-Response of the audience: The artwork caused a furious response from politicians and church leaders. Many catholic people are offended by this image because they feel that the intention is to make someone evil like Osama seem alike to Jesus. "The Prime Minister Johns Howard (Australia) has branded the work “gratuitously offensive” to Christians” (http://kafee.wordpress.com/2007/08/30/morphing-jesus-into-osama-bin-laden/)



-Imitation: the artwrok depicts the side of reality that many followers of Osama Bin Laden viewed him like this. They thought that he was their saviour and he was complying with thir religion by doing this. They viewed what he and the others who helped them did, as a holy sacrifice.
-Communication: this piece transmits the message of a comparison between good and evil. Osama bin Laden, a terrorist, is morphing into Jesus a religious symbol of good and peace.
-Education: this artwrok is influencial because first of all it depicts the views of some like the peopple who follow Osama Bin Laden and thought that he was divineley inspired to do what he did, also it makes a comparison between evil acts and good. It make cause people to continue this depiction of Osama or to do an artwork that disproves this view of him.



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