Ian Wright

New York based artist Ian Wright is one of the industry’s best loved and most prolific figures. His work has spanned four decades, including numerous high-profile editorials and record sleeves for the likes of The Face, The NME, Issey Miyake, Bjork, Ian Brown and many others. Ian Wright takes pleasure in making portraits and is hugely influenced by music. Ian Wright’s creative approach to illustration has resulted in a fresh and constant updating of his work into new creative directions, including experimenting with new developments in technology and mixing up techniques and materials whilst creating unique artistic visions.

The theme of this inventive art piece focuses on mystery. The simplicity of the image gives the design its mystery effect. Not only is the theme communicated to the audience further, through how the image is presented in an informal manner but also through slogan that the work features. ‘If you could do anything tomorrow what would it be?’ I think the slogan would definitely make the audience think and look at the art piece further as it’s very engaging and it makes them feel more involved, which I also believe was the artist’s intentions. It’s evident to say that the presentation is incredibly chaotic and very disordered yet effective. This technique is quite distracting as well as fascinating; the unclearness of the art piece almost motivates the audience to want to solve the meaning behind the work. I noticed how in his art piece the word ‘Tomorrow’ appears to be rather undefined; this was to perhaps strengthen the mystery theme further which I thought was a creative and an interesting technique to include. The colours used in this piece of work are mainly red and white which both work well together. The white is conveyed through the use of typography which is quite suitable as the font is reasonably plain and straightforward yet presents a fresh clean effect to the art work. The use of red portrayed as the background colour is an appropriate choice as not only does it stand out better but red can be effect the audience to STOP almost instantly which I believe was the artists intention. The layout and design of the art piece is uncomplicated which makes it more memorable easily recognisable to the audience.