Women like you: A portrait of Emmeline Pankhurst
Charlotte Newson was commissioned to deliver the first public artwork in Manchester to celebrate Emmeline Pankhurst, an international icon and famous Suffragette. It is a photo-mosaic created by collecting photographs of 10,000 individual images of inspirational women sent in by the public.
It took Charlotte two years to complete, stands 3 metres high and 2.5 metres wide and was on display this past week at the People's History Museum by the River Irwell. The photo below is a close up of part of Emmeline's ear and the background and illustrates how this piece of art was assembled.
Oh wow! What a task she was set. And how well it has turned out. This is the sort of work that I could pore over for hours.
ReplyDeleteAmazing work. She must have been a very strong and patient person. Thanks for sharing this.
ReplyDeleteI am always amazed at these mosaics made from other photos. Truly a work of art and a subject who well-deserves to be memorialized!
ReplyDeleteVery impressive, great capture too. Re The Happy Valley, I haven't a clue! I believe it was a name that was used to describe it in the mid 1850's and it just stuck. It was originally a quarry.
ReplyDeleteUnbelievable amounts of patience required here Chrissy, that counts me out for such an enveavour haha! I prefer to throw paint straight onto canvas.
ReplyDeleteWhen you say 'was on display' does this mean it is not any more, where can we see it, surely after all that effort it deserves to be someone for people to enjoy.
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing
martine
It was at the People's History Museum for the Manchester Histories Festival. I imagine it will return to the Mcr City Art Gallery now,(where it was on display before but I missed it) or perhaps the Pankhurst Centre in Mcr would be a good home- but probably not large enough. I tried to find out but no obvious info yet...
DeleteThis is a great piece of work. I like the concept and Emmeline Pankhurst is a heroine of mine.
ReplyDeleteLove this! And a very handsome woman! Can't imagine how difficult it would be to piece this portrait together. I saw one similar - a portrait of Georgi W. Bushki done by using photos of all the men and women killed in Iraq/Afghanistan.
ReplyDeleteSpectacular idea!A beautiful, creative and huge artwork! :)
ReplyDeleteBravo!
Léia
What a great portrait, and a a touching tribute to many thousands of women. Emmeline Pankhurst is someone who does justify the use of the dreaded 'I' word!
ReplyDeleteexcellent work.
ReplyDeleteplease have a good wednesday.
Fabulous - i love it!
ReplyDeleteResonant and relevant in America right now!
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Wow... that is awesome!
ReplyDeleteI think I might have gone blind (or insane) after working on something like this for 2 years!
ReplyDeleteI hope it finds a suitable permanent home for 10,000 more individuals to enjoy yearly.