EVIDENCE OF LEARNING

POPAGANDA ARTWORKS

EXTENDED RESPONSE SAMPLES

WORKS IN PROGRESS

SAMPLE ONE

Extended Response

Introduction

Art can provide a valuable yet unsettling critique of Society. This is evident in the artwork Marilyn Diptych,1962 by Andy Warhol and Super Supper,2010 by Ron English. Andy Warhol critiques the world of death and the culture of celebrities while Ron English critiques negative impact of consumerism. This essay will discuss the valuable truths expressed through the use of compositional and postmodern strategies that include the use of bright vivid colours and propaganda of both artists to engage their audience in viewing society in a valuable yet unsettling way.

Paragraph 1: Marilyn Diptych

Andy Warhol provides a valuable yet unsettling critique of death and the cult of celebrity in his 1962 artwork The Marilyn Diptych . Warhol symbolically represents the concept of death and the cult of celebrity through providing two halfs in the artwork,, one side is vivid, colourful and glossy while the other side is dark and fading away. The diptych is used to criticise the way society worships Marilyn like a religious icon when she is just another popstar. The technique of using multiple images of Marilyn further symbolises not only her popularity but also her loss of her true self and individuality. Furthermore, Warhol employs the postmodern technique of appropriation of mass produced advertisement to show how showbusiness used marilyn at the height of her career and her personality was fading away until she lost her life and how lots of the same image becomes irrelevant as the next big thing comes along. Therefore the unsettling truth is that the way society worships popstars is also a negative impact o the private lives of celebrities.

Paragraph 2 : Super Supper

Ron English is another artist that provides a valuable yet unsettling critique of the negative impact of consumerism. This is evident in his artwork “Super Supper” 2010. The artist has appropriated the ‘The Last Supper’ by Leonardo Da Vinci. In the artwork the artist has transformed the original artwork in the following ways show how corporations are betraying the trust of children and parents. Ron English is saying in his artworks that religious icons are worshipped and uses Culture jamming and parody subversion and parody to create a scene where a god is symbolised as a celebrity or icon by society. He produces advertisement parodies of global brands that society looks up to make them look bad or different. He focuses on attacking large corporations to bring attention to our corporate dominated culture. Therefore the horrible truth is that Children admire the cartoon characters which are fake and kids are being lied to by the corporations to sell fast food.

Conclusion

In conclusion both artists help us get a better understanding of propaganda , Through art and society in their artworks. They give us a better understanding of society today looking up to popular icons such as Marilyn Monroe the celebrity and Ronald mcdonald the mascot for well known food chain Mcdonalds.In the artworks it helps us get a better understanding the way corporations explode children's love of cartoons to sell “Phat food”.the heart of the fans control the admiration for the celebrities not real love.

SAMPLE TWO

Art can provide a valuable yet unsettling critique of society. We know this because it is evident in the artworks Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol and Super Supper by Ron English. Andy Warhol critiques the world of death and the cult of celebrity while Ron English critiques the negative impacts of consumerism and our beliefs of what is real. Through the use of compositional and postmodern strategies that include diptych, appropriating and culture jamming both artists engage their audience in viewing society in a valuable yet unsettling way.

Andy Warhol provides a valuable yet unsettling critique of death and the cult of celebrity. Warhol displays this through his artwork “Marilyn Diptych 1962”. “Marilyn Diptych” is an artwork made up of many appropriated images of Marilyn Monroe who was a celebrity in the fifties. By making many of the same images just in different colour it takes away her individuality and makes her less special. This technique is called repetition and Warhol uses this to critique society of the world of fame. Another way that Andy Warhol uses this artwork to critique the world of death and the cult of celebrity is through making two sides of this artwork, (Diptych). One side full of colour spurting joy, and the other dull, boring and fading away. This explains to us that the world of celebrities really isn’t just fame and glory, but rather it does have a horrible and unpleasant side. This is the reason why Warhol used Marilyn Monroe as she fitted this perfect because she was one of America's famous celebrities but as soon as she overdosed on her sleeping pills it was all over in a blink of an eye. She was only thirty six when she sadly passed away. Furthermore, Andy Warhol uses “Marilyn Diptych 1962” to provide a valuable yet unsettling critique of death and the cult of celebrity.

Ron English is another artist that provides a valuable yet unsettling critique of the negative impacts on consumerism and our beliefs on what is real. This is evident in his artwork “Super Supper 2010” English has appropriated the original artwork of the “Last Supper” by Leonardo Da Vinci. English transforms the artwork by culture jamming our religious icons of Jesus Christ and the twelve disciples with popular kids characters such as Ronald McDonald, Homer Simpson and Mickey Mouse. Warhol is subverting our beliefs as he is displaying that these famous kids characters are being worshipped like religious icons and this shouldn’t be right. But on the other hand he is also showing through his artwork that Jesus is like a superhero and superheroes are not real so is Jesus. Andy Warhol also uses his artwork to show his negative impacts of consumerism as in his artwork “Super Supper”, Ronald McDonald is displayed to be Jesus. Ronald McDonald is the face of McDonalds and by putting him in the middle like Jesus was, Warhol is trying to display how Mcdonalds is almost taking over our children's lives. By exaggerating Ronald Mcdonalds weight and making him look very obese it shows that eating McDonalds will make you fat. Which overall displays the negative side of consumerism. Overall, Ron English uses a mashup parody of the last supper and famous kids characters to show the negative impacts on consumerism and our beliefs on what is real and what isn't.

In Conclusion, both the artist Andy Warhol and Ron English use art to provide a valuable yet unsettling critique of society. Andy Warhol, uses his artwork of “Marilyn Diptych 1962” to provide a valuable and unsettling critique of death and the cult of celebrity. He uses the techniques of diptych and appropriating to help show this to his audience. While Ron English uses his artwork of “Super Supper 2010” to provide a valuable yet unsettling critique of the negative spectrum of consumerism and what beliefs of ours are real. Ron English uses appropriation and culture jamming to help him achieve this. Overall, art can provide a valuable yet unsettling critique of society.

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