Illustrate: Social Issues

1. Illustrate: Social Issues

2. What are “Social Issues”? Wikipedia Definitions: Matters that can be explained only by factors outside an individual's control and immediate social environment which affect many individuals in a society . Common social issues include poverty, violence, justice, human rights (suppression of), equality (or discrimination), and crime. It can also be called a community problem because it is known to concern a community of people.

3. Artwork of Kerry James Marshall

4. Kerry James Marshall was born in 1955 in Birmingham, Alabama, and was educated at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, from which he received a BFA, and an honorary doctorate in 1999. The subject matter of his paintings, installations, and public projects is often drawn from African-American popular culture, and is rooted in the geography of his upbringing: “You can’t be born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1955 and grow up in South Central [Los Angeles] near the Black Panthers headquarters, and not feel like you’ve got some kind of social responsibility. You can’t move to Watts in 1963 and not speak about it. That determined a lot of where my work was going to go,” says Marshall - Art 21 • What Kerry James Marshall talks about in his artwork: • - African-Americans being underrepresented in • mainstream American society, History, and in Art. • Uses color symbolism to turn over “black” stereotype. • -The symbolism Marshall uses in his paintings illustrate • social issues on a larger scale.

5. Untitled (Altgeld Gardens)1995

6. “Lost Boys” 1994

7. “Rhythm Mastr” 1999

8. Shepard Fairey

9. Born in 1970, is a contemporary artist, illustrator, and graphic Designer. Originally from South Carolina, Fairey lives and works from L.A. Attended Rhode Island School of Design. Originally started out running a small t-shirt and silk-screening company. Additionally he still operates as a street artist and does mainstream work as well. His inspiration Is derived from social issues and social movements in history. -Wikipedia

11. “These Sunsets Are to Die For,” Stencil collage, mixed media on canvas, 2007

12. “Power and Equality” Stencil and collage on paper, 2008

13. “Chuck D”, 2007 Screen Print poster.

14. “Guns and Roses” 2007 Offset Print.

15. What does his artwork look like?

16. Old Propaganda from The 1940’s-1950’s

17. What is Propaganda? Is the dissemination of information aimed at influencing the opinions or behaviors of large numbers of people.

19. Artwork of An-My Le

20. An-My Le Originally born in Saigon, Vietnam in 1960, now lives and works in New York City. “Her photographs and films examine the impact, consequences, and representation of war. Whether in color or black-and-white, her pictures frame a tension between the natural landscape and its violent transformation into battlefields.” -Art 21

21. An-My Lê. Small Wars: Explosion. 1999–2002. Gelatin silver print.

22. An-My Lê "Untitled, Mekong Delta"1994Gelatin silver print, 20 x 24 inches.

23. "29 Palms: Corporal Hoepper“ 2003-04 Gelatin silver print

24. Barbara Kruger

25. Barbara Kruger, born in 1945. Studied as a designer at Parson’s in NYC. Her work is focused on “juxtaposing” Images with words. The main issues she talks about in her work deals with sexism, consumerism, and abuse of power.

26. “Untitled (Questions)” 1991, Photo, silkscreen, vinyl.

29. Street Artists B a n k s y

30. Dan Witz

31. Chappelle’s Show

32. Music terror

33. WhatYOU will be doing. • Initially doing assignment on board. Following that you will narrow • down and choose the issue you’re most interested in. • Planning out a Photoshop Collage which illustrates the • issue through a visual narrative (visual story)using • various sets of images, overlapping, series of layers (at • least 10), you MUST use editing techniques found in • Photoshop such as Magnetic Lasso, Eraser Tool, adjusting • Transparency etc. etc. All of this will be explained later • on! So don’t worry.