...changing the potrayal of images and moving us into a new era of art.
The most famous piece of artwork by Fairey is his Obama Hope poster using digital art. It has changed not only the future of art...leading us into a more technological era, but it also has had an effect on American culture. Although he is considered a "Street Artist", Fairey has proved to America that he is worthy of creating beautiful artwork. Within his hope poster, one can think about a multitude of things. The neutral, basic colors used in the poster show that the artist is more interested in conveying the message behind the poster than proving he is a talented artist. Also, the simplicity of the word HOPE works to convey just what Obama wanted to bring to office and to the American people. On more of a connotative note, the colors of red and blue used in the poster display both the Republican and Democratic party. Obama was trying to unite the parties in HOPEs of making American a more united, together country.
wow I never thought about how powerful the art images are. Because of that image, Obama was elected to be the leader. And I never thought about the meanings behind the colors. I thought your color analysis hit me. Because of digital helps, the artists tend to go crazy with the art, but this artist brings out the simplicity and his art is more approachable. Great job
ReplyDeleteGreat post! Your color analysis interested me a lot. I never would have put together that they are combined in a way to bring both the democratic and republican party together. This is such a great poster for Obama. It stood for so much more than words could. I like how you talked about the simplicity of the word HOPE and how it was his hope to bring the two parties together. Also, I totally agree that the neutral colors display a message more so than fancy art. This in my opinion, brings more good attention to the artist than a fancy picture would have.
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