Monday, May 17, 2010

Critique#2


The artist of this piece is unknown, also the title is unknown. The medium of this piece is spray paint. The subject matter of this piece is censorship. This piece of artwork so interesting because of the message it is trying to send. The police man is a pig which is a common slang name used by people for the police and he is arresting the man for spray painting, this is where the first sign of censorship comes in. The other is the person holding the book the expression on their face seems to be confused, to me this shows the censorship of literature and how the truth is twisted to what the government wants you to believe.
This piece is aesthetic because of the colors used to express the feeling of the artist. In the piece there are some abstract qualities for example the building in the background are less detailed than the one that is clearly seen. The content of this piece is censorship in graffiti. This piece is also a graphic because of the writing in it that also expresses what the artist is trying to say. There are many colors and shading in this piece which give it hue. There are also dramatic distinctions between light and dark which give it a sharp three dimensional look also known as chiaroscuro. The artist showed realism with his representation of censorship by the policeman arresting the man doing the graffiti. I believe that this was also the focal point of the piece. The city in the background is the field of the piece because it is an area of consistent quality. Throughout the piece there is shading mixed in with the colors to make them appear darker. This gives them implication of action or movement. The artist did a great job of rendering a scene of censorship because he expresses his true feeling throughout the painting.
The focal point of this painting is the policeman arresting the man spray painting because it shows how censorship controls everything that we do. It controls us from expressing our true feelings. The narrative of this piece is that we are held back in some sense from what we really want to express because the government does not want a rebellion once again. If they have us under control they do not have to worry and this means all aspects of a freedom are untrue.

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