Richard Notkin All Nations Have Their Moment Of Foolishness Analysis

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My analyzation of Richard Notkin’s piece, All Nations Have Their Moment of Foolishness was altered once I read his artist statement. The way my analysis changed was the reasons behind Jesus’ feet, George Bush, and the hooded prisoner.
Further, the hooded prisoner in Abu Ghraib Prison is an image of war and destruction according to Notkin’s artist statement . When originally saw the man my first thought was that he was part of the KKK because of the hood he is seen wearing but upon receiving more information about the tile it came to be that he was actually a tortured man being watched/tortured? By a U.S soldier which caused some uproar. When I saw the larger image I noticed that it was Bush’s face that was depicted and had connected him

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