Sandy Skoglund:Radioactive Cats (1980)

1) Words/ideas/feelings that come to mind...
Strange animals,old people, uglyness, old furniture
2) This photo is part of a series called "Family Portraits"...
What kind of is it?!(it's a photographic portrait, but it's also...)?
This photographic portrait looks like a painting.
3) What does it show (describe the various elements, the situation, the atmosphere,etc.)?
It shows some strange, ugly and green cats. It's a morbide atmosphere because there aren't no colours juxt two cold colours which are green and black.I suppose the scene takes place in a kitchen.
4) What are the themes?(ugliness...)
The themes are uglyness and old age.
5) What is the "message" (if any)?
Maybe the illustrator wants to show us radioactivity's danger.
6)What, based on this example, is the purpose of (this work of)"art"?