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This is a painting by Kerry James Marshall.
Intent- challenge racism in Art history.
Content- one of his paintings taken from his exhibition, Look See 
Communication Objective 
Using intrinsic paintings to represent equality for black people within art
How does he visually send his message? 
- Marshall creates painting which only feature black people, as he feels that throughout history they have been displayed in Art in a racist way or have not been depicted at all.
- He paints their skin very dark, paying attention to the highlights of their skin. he says he does this as a response to society's attitude toward
   

dark skin: he says that within society the light your skin is the more privileged you are, the darker your skin is the more marginalised you become.
- he challenges this by pairing portraits of people with very dark skin, to show that is it as beautiful as any other shade of skin. (1)

• I like the way Marshall creates very intricate paintings, with a message woven within them. 
• He paints the black people with a very dark paint to draw more attention to them, so it is apparent that the focus of the paintings is them. But it is still subtle enough for the viewer to be able to appreciate the painting as a whole 
• I will experiment with this idea, and intend to create a stream of illustrations which hold them message of equality, yet as still ascetically pleasing. 
• I may create a collection of paintings which focus in the life's of working class.
• It will feature different aspects of their life's, from their everyday routine to the struggles of being poor. 
• I may take it a step further and do some paintings based on poverty in third world countries and show the suffering they face. I would like to also do some comparison of the simple life of these people to the extravagant living standards of the people with money in these societies. 

(1) (BBC Culture, 2014)

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This image is by Linder Sterling. She is an artist whom creates work portraying a message focusing on objectification of woman in media and magazines.
- the way she does is is by collaging cut outs from magazines to create a strong feminist statement
- She looks at the images in men magazine which tend to contain, pages about; sports, cars, DIY and porn.
- She then looks at the content of female magazines, which includes, fashion, domestic work and image.

- then she cuts out images from the separate magazines and combines them.
- She started doing this in 1976, a time before the style press, where woman and men hobbies were very much separated.
- she creates the art to destroy the boundaries and stereotypes surrounding men and woman, by combining the two she is bringing the two sexes together.
- she also created art work for the band the buzzcocks,
- the content of her book, the secret public was very controversial due to the explicit images it contained. (1)

• This style Sterling uses to create art is very unique
• I will explore the use of collage over summer as a medium.
• I will look through magazines and newspapers article to create some illustrations relevant to my topic of in-equality. 
• I may combine other media with the collage to create a more interesting outcome. 
• I think the combination of collage and paint works nicely as it creates different surfaces and textures 

(1) (TateShots: Linder sterling on Art and Punk Rock, n.d.)

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Reference 4. 

These images are by Illustrator pale horse 

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I chose to look at several of his pieces because I found each is trying to  perceive a different message.
- Intent- a message about the corruption in politics
How they communicate the intent: 
- anthropomorphism- the character is represented as an vulture
- vultures have negative connotations, relating to a creature which preys on the weak, much like politicians prey on the working class.
- vultures are known as scroungers, like a politician who would take all that they can with little regard for others.

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Intent- portray a message about the power divide in society.
How they communicate the intent 
- anthropomorphism is used in this illustration to depict the aspects of the characters personalities.
- the sheep on the left has connotations of; being submissive/controlled
- following the crowd- doesn't have own thoughts
- the wolf on the right has connotations of- being aggressive, keeping sheep in line, using violence as a force of power over those weaker than itself.
- the uniform being worn suggests they are in a military setting.
- i believe this illustration is a metaphor portraying the idea that people in power, such as members of the military, the police and the government use physical force and manipulation to keep the working class under their control, oppressed and without power.
- they are wearing military clothing to show that the Army and police force is used by the government to keep us in line.

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Intent- portray a message about the problem with police brutality
How they communicate the intent 
- simple image with obvious message
- I think this image is raising awareness about police brutality.
- Anthropomorphism is used again.
the character is portrayed as an ape
- apes can be aggressive
- un-usual animal to pick as their are others which would portray aggression more
- uses an animal to depict the opinion that the police force are full of animals- dumb, reactive and often aggressive
- reacting from instinct rather than logical thought
- positioning and angle of the character portrays a threatening posture

• one of the aspects I like about this Artists work is his use of anthropomorphism
• I intend to explore with anthropomorphism over summer, as it is an effective way to portray the characteristics of a character. 

• As my work is based on equality, I could focus an aspect of it on corruption in government, I plan to create a stream of Illustrations of various political figures anthropomorphism, with relevant choice of animals to reflect their political believes and personal tendencies. 
• I also like the way he works digitally and intend to experiment with this media and it is not a strong point of mine. 

(1) Palehorsedesign.com,2016

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This image is taken from a project called the Water tank project by word above the street.

Intent- Send a message about the world wide water crisis.
Content- A global Art campaign, involving painting water tanks
communication objective- there is a problem with the distribution of water
How they communicate the intent 
- large pieces of art, painted onto water tanks around the world
- the illustrations obviously display a message about the lack of clean drinking water in third world countries.
- done on such a vast scale more likely to raise awareness.
- painting are bright and obvious so people can't miss them

• Over summer I will use this starting point to inspire my project
• I like the way they are creating Art directly onto the problem, this is a great way to raise awareness

• Over summer I will create some large scale pieces of work, as it grabs people's attention and creates a bigger statement 
• I will look into how I can project my work, and turn and perhaps turn it into a video so that my illustrations can be viewed world-wide. 
• One of my ideas for my final major project is to create a slide show of my paintings and project them onto a wall while my poem is played in spoken word. 
• I Think creating work that is on a larger scale is good if you want to make a statement. 

(1) (Thewatertankproject.org, 2015)

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St Hoax is an Artist who uses art to tell the ugly truth

Intent- raise awareness about domestic abuse

Content- A sequence of Graphic Illustration with a powerful message

Communication objective- Shock the audience and make them think

How they communicate the intent- 
- uses the familiarity of Disney princesses to show that life isn't a fairy tale and that lot's of people are suffering in silence
- clever to use these iconic Disney characters as it grabs people's attention
- contrast between the up- beat fairytale in Disney to the harsh reality of society
- the physical marks are clear and gruesome


He uses a similar technique to raise awareness around anorexia and child abuse

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• Over summer I will explore the use of familiar charcater to portray a deeper message. 
• As my project revolves around equality, a proportion of it could focus on domestic abuse, and female rights. 

• Therefore over summer I intend to pick a variety of female superheroes and re-draw them as victims of domestic abuse 
• I will look at the idea that even if someone seems happy there may be under-lying problems. 
• I think this is a really effective way to raise awareness as it grabs people's attention 
• to ensure that my work is not too similar to St Hoax's I will use a different media to create my images and may put them into a comic book style narrative. 

(1) (Happy Never After, 2015)
(2) (Prince Charmless, 2015)
(3) (Princest Diaries, 2015)
(4) (Royal Misfits, 2015)

Week 8- Intent for FMP- starting point 1

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This work is by Vlado Kostov. He makes sculptures from scrap metal because he wants to send a message about the planet. (1)

Intent- raise awareness about scrap metal waste and the effect on the environment

content- A series of sculptures

Communication objectives-  to express a problem within society using sculpture

How they communicate the intent
- little colour- represents the colours of nature
- un-usual shapes - geometric strong shapes
- no background/ context- keeps the focus on the sculpture
- the use of scrap metal, sends a message that we waste too much and leave it to destroy the planet



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Experiments over summer

• over summer I will look at ways I can use this research to inspire my major project
• I like the way Kostov uses natural material to create his Art and will experiment with this. I plan to go to environments (such as the beach and forest) where I can collect natural materials to use on my canvas, I may look at creating some oil paintings on pieces of wood, using them as my canvas.
• I will explore the use of sculpture to create Art which stands out and send a powerful message. I may make models from wicker, based on my project of equality. 
• I like the idea of working with scrap metal, but do not have the correct tools for this, materislas I could experiment with are: 
• wicker
• paper
• paper mache
• cardboard
• clay
• plasticine
• I may also look at doing some wood etchings and printing the, to see if this media works wit my project. and the use of wood fits in nicely with using natural materials. 

References 
  (1)  (Balkaninsight.com.2014)
  (2)  (Photobucket, 2015)

Week 7- Ideas of intent for major project

In preparation for this week we had to have some thought on what we wanted to investigate in our final major project.
I decided I wanted to investigate messages within Art. To do this I would like to write a poem which questions issues in society- such as class divide and create several illustrations related to the poem.

Within the lecture he gave us this hand out 

After looking at the hand out, we had to discuss our ideas for out final major project.

My idea
I wish to create a poem based on problems surrounding class divide and then produce a stream of illustrations reflecting the ideas in the poem. I want to send a message to the audience, and make them question the way society works. I am considering turning the poem into a spoken word recorded performance, throughout which I will display my work on a projector.

We were then told to find several diverse starting point to express our ideas.