I am focusing on the political, government influences on
artists, graphic designers, I asked myself the question; how have artists, and
designers reacted to different times in history, when major political uprisings
and events occurred? Through a question I found out that several other artists
work had been affected by the government and political influences, artists
which I have chosen are two street artists, Shepard Fairey and Mr. Brainwash. I
also choose two artists who pushed the boundaries of their time in some way
they are, Pablo Picasso and Barbara Kruger. I have the intention to actually
create a campaign poster and leaflet for an art exhibition, I will focus on
these artists styling’s but I will also include the design format of the
propaganda posters of World War 1 and 2. I will base the exhibition styling on
the matter of political and government icons possibly or actually base it off
the artists themselves. This can be linked also with the fact that the street artists of the modern era are actually creating their own version of propaganda posters, this could be to actually rebel against the government or to actually create slander towards political parties or specific politicians. If i were to go down this path i could create my own poster designs as it is not exactly legal to create street art but i can adopt the stylings of street art to create my poster. There is also the possibility that i could use the stylings of Picasso to create the posters through Dada style art, to add effect for when people actually see it and stand and actually take in the impact of the work; this is similar to the work of Barbara Kruger as her works gives off a very strong impact, and can cause people to actually stop and think about the work instead of them just glancing at the work.
