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week 1-BANKSY_context

From one of the many works from the famous and controversial street artist "Banksy" who is also my practitioner I chose to write my essay about .I decided to use this piece 'The man and his flowers".

"I like the idea of how he portrays this man who looks like a criminal holding beautiful flowers instead of a bomb or weaponry".

Although the man is in only black and white, It kinda represents a nation of suffering, and not just himself because of the use of colour used on this man. I find the black and white doesn't really stand out, rather giving that idea of him trying to blend in with a crowd of rebels raging riots in communities because of the suffering from political and government issues.

also his idea of flowers rather than a bomb i found was just pure genius . the flowers are in colour rather than black and white like the man shown in the image. to me it represents him not trying to throw a bomb and creating more controversy, but it symbolizes him trying to throw and create peace, to stop the violence happening around the world.

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JOHN PULE

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Shane Cotton- Numbers 2011
acrylic on linen  275x 275 mm

This painting by Shane Cotton is not like his former paintings which are done on extreme large scales of canvas, but is more isolated in a restriction of space and movement. The colors used bring out a sense of dark ages. It has one dominant image in the center that to me looks confusing or is in the state of a mess, jumbled chords and threads. A smaller image above it and another below it. then across the bottom the text 'NUMBERS'. I can easily put this into a religious context. The image in the middle describing the beasts or antichrist. The image below meaning where the beast had emerged from. then the image above talking about the absence of the Holy spirit. The 'NUMBERS' across the bottom can mean that we need numbers in everyday life today and mainly to connect with in the use of technology but do we really know what it means?. A beautiful and inspirational painting that can also be a warning in terms of the future. GC

Emory Douglas

This peice by Emory Douglas is of Malcom x and represents the struggles of african americans during the black civil rights movement.Malcom x was one of many black activists that fought for equal rights as the "whites"in america.the spears in the background of this peice would represent the african culture malcom x held as a desendent of slaves brought to america from africa.Emory Douglas has captured Malcom x with a n expression that reflects his power in the black community aswel as his passion for his oppressed affrican brothers and sisters and the struggles they faced in America.

Alphonse Mucha - "Gismonda", 1895 (Group 2)

This images was a poster that Mucha made to advertise a play. This was the image that catapulted him into fame. The woman in the poster is a french actress called Sarah Bernhardt.
Q Bajac et al. sum up her effect on Mucha perfectly; "Her extraordinary personality had the effect of maturing the artist's style remarkably, as until he produced rather academic, conventional works. Mucha became successful because he was able to project how Bernhardt wished to be perceived." Reference in comments.