One portrait that I have decided to analyze is David Wojnarowicz's self-portrait. From this portrait I interpret it as "Mankind killing its self". Most times in our country's history we tend to fret away from issues that are very important until they oppress others to great magnitude. Take for instance, the civil rights movement, women's suffrage movement, and the AIDS epidemic. For this day and age the me too movement, and the black lives matter movement. This shows that not only does time repeat itself but these issues tend to take new shapes in which people would need to make a call for change. This is what I see with Wojnarowicz painting. I see repetition of time, and repetition of world conflict.
The next piece that I would like to analyze Is the photograph of Peter Hujar. The interpretation that I got from this photo was "Death". The Aids epidemic in the 80's was something that affected many people. From my interpretation Wojnarowicz wanted to debut the effects of AIDS, and how much pain it causes to the victims, along with others who mourn their deaths. The photo depicts Hujar with his mouth open encapsulating the realism of the moment every time viewers look at this photo.
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