Jenny
Tran is a female cultural artist, who focuses on the deeper meanings of
societies, creating work that influences social movements. An example of her inspirational
work is the ‘Fabric of America’ piece.
In
this piece, it’s initially an image of the American flag but with further
analysis it becomes more apparent that patriotism is not the main idea. The
image is made distorted with a scratch like effect on the flag base, disfiguring
the original patriotic flag creating the idea rebellion, chaos
and manic in the American society.
This
artwork translates various messages through certain aspects and features it
holds. The scratch effect is not just a design element, but in fact quotes,
found on random anonymous terrorist sites. The use of this aggressive design
conveys Jennifer’s passion to let the public know about the major faults the
American society holds, threatening the existing society.
The
text imprinted in the artwork, “INTOLERANCE DESTROYS THE FABRIC OF AMERICA”,
reveals another of Jennifer’s messages, linking with the terrorist quotes. She
uses references between her design and text. An example of this is shown
through the scratch effect on the fabric of the American flag, similarly related
to the statement “destroys the fabric of America”. Jenny also tries to
communicate a general message to her audience saying, if you try to go against
each other it will “destroy the fabric” of reality as a nation.
Various
techniques in media are used in this piece, one of them being photography in
terms of the American flag. Another is the illustrative research where text is
distorted and placed in different directions and positions (layered over
images) using the Illustrator/Photoshop program.
This
piece seems like it was made at a time of social chaos and manic in the
American society. It could have been made near the times of 9/11, where
terrorism was a major issue within the society, affecting the nation as a whole.
I chose this artwork because it seemed to have an in depth design to it,
communicating that there was more to it then met the eye. Moreover I had to
include it in my blog for my Graphic design studies.
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