After looking through lots of pictures of lettpress, a artist by the name of Amos Kennedy came into my view. Upon looking, I could see that all of his pieces were statement pieces with large fonts to capture the eye from far away. He tends to focus on little words, and have a image of a animal etc. included in the work. My favorite one that he has made is the Pig out, die early print. I believe that he is trying to capture the idea that eating healthy and enjoying life will lead to early death. It was part of a series that was called "health advisories" He made the word DIE very large to attract the viewer, and placed it on a light colored background. I love that his work is very bold and attracts the viewer. He also focuses his work lots on the problem with racism and segregation in the United States, and highlights some of the problems that the country has with it. He is sarcastic but he gets the meaning across in a very strong tone. I think that after looking at his work, have an appreciation for how hard, yet simple it is to present something very powerful in a few words to capture the meaning of his work.
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Letterpress Artist
After looking through lots of pictures of lettpress, a artist by the name of Amos Kennedy came into my view. Upon looking, I could see that all of his pieces were statement pieces with large fonts to capture the eye from far away. He tends to focus on little words, and have a image of a animal etc. included in the work. My favorite one that he has made is the Pig out, die early print. I believe that he is trying to capture the idea that eating healthy and enjoying life will lead to early death. It was part of a series that was called "health advisories" He made the word DIE very large to attract the viewer, and placed it on a light colored background. I love that his work is very bold and attracts the viewer. He also focuses his work lots on the problem with racism and segregation in the United States, and highlights some of the problems that the country has with it. He is sarcastic but he gets the meaning across in a very strong tone. I think that after looking at his work, have an appreciation for how hard, yet simple it is to present something very powerful in a few words to capture the meaning of his work.
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The text in this image plays such a huge role in the way I react to it. The exclamation mark adds humor to a piece that is so riddled with denial, so anti-self-help that it revels in its own outlandishness.
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