5104 - Shepard Fairey

An artist's work that has caught to my attention recently is the contemporary propaganda artist known as Shepard Fairey. He digitally depicts specific political powers usually just to instigate the public's curiosity for a reaction and to stir up questions on particular areas of modern day society.

The colour palette he chooses for the works he creates is what I find most intriguing as its not just for decorative purpose or to make them a bolder form of propaganda, but because those colours reflect on the political issue/s that is states in the art work.

Here are a couple of examples of this,

(Guns and Roses)

(Mao Collage)

The strong and bold occurring theme of the red and amber colours are emphasising on the traditional Chinese culture that is often seen when associated with China itself. Reflecting on this, I shall be incorporating a traditional British depiction of the glorification of the British military in my digital illustrations.

Looking back at the work of Atul Dodiya, this glorified British depiction will be the first illustration the viewer sees before moving their attention to the darker illustration of what it could feel like to be treated the way the object has if it was "alive".

Source

https://xforeman.wordpress.com/2011/04/05/shepard-fairey-2/