5 Steps to Make Your Own Political Art

fans say making a difference this your future just create some popular political art hey it's not impossible one look at the pros will show you just how it's done political arts power is multifaceted it raises awareness supports activists or candidates criticizes bad deeds or makes a call to action political our amplifies and often spreads a message through online media and materials that are easily duplicated like posters stickers or stencils carita Kent Banksy I Weiwei Emory Douglas Barbara Kruger and Shepard Fairey are well known political artists if you want to make your own earth-shaking norm breaking point making political art take a cue from these artists and do the following one use iconic imagery political art often riffs on branding and visuals so common in society anyone would recognize them Carina Kent repurposes popular logos to make statements on human nature Banksy critiques cultural norms by appropriating pop culture iconography Shepard Fairey tweaks historical propaganda to make statements about injustice start thinking about how to put your own twist on the imagery around you the more you brainstorm and practice the better your ideas get to develop a distinctive technique political art needs to be visually striking and easy to clone Emory Douglas uses bold lines and powerful symbols to enlighten and inform people about issues of race and injustice Barbara Kruger uses a winning combination of contrasting colors and big letters to start dialogues about inequality these attention-grabbing styles communicate a big message quickly with simple designs that can be multiplied and shared everywhere which is pretty key for getting noticed three tap into the topical if you want people to notice your activist art make it relevant Emory Douglass's illustrations of civil rights issues from the 1960s still resonate today I Weiwei's exhibition at Alcatraz raised questions about freedom expression and political imprisonment address your eras most pressing issues and soon you'll have folks nodding an agreement with your vividly portrayed viewpoints for make your art approachable if you want people to pay attention to your art be direct most political art doesn't require people to turn to a textbook or channel their inner Socrates and yours shouldn't either make your message easy to understand or risk being missed 5 get your art out there to get your work noticed you have to put it out in public political artists have a long history of making posters for important causes organizing art shows and sharing their art with everyone and anyone so there you have it the Masters tricks for making successful political Arts simple right or is it do all artists follow this blueprint what about you you have something to say what would your formula be what issues would you tackle

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Length: 3min 24sec (204 seconds)

Published: Thu Apr 07 2016