Lawrence Zeegen - Creative Review (March 2012)
- Lawrence Zeegen is a commentator on the world of design and illustration.
- The world of fine art is attempting to engage with the world/society, and make work that changes it.
- Zeegen sees work of Illustration perpuating nothingness (empty meaningless work)
- David Shrigley's work could be seen as a wake up call to the world of Art and Design.
- He implies that 'Illustration' as a platform is nothingness, and is resorting back to it's former title as the 'cottage industry' of the creative world.
The 'First Things First' Manifesto from 1964, expresses the desire of a number of graphic designers, illustrators etc. to move away from meaningless commercial work for advertising, describing how their time and effort is being wasted on such things.
As part of the seminar, we looked at a number of artists relating to the themes of:
CULTURE
HISTORY
SOCIETY
POLITICS
TECHNOLOGY
The main themes I felt inspired by from this seminar were Culture and Society.
Culture
Culture in Illustration explores the shaping of society. They are often based on observations of society and attempt to challenge/overthrow certain cultures.
This image was created by David Shrigley as a humorous attack on the pretentiousness of elite Art culture. It's careless, cartoon like style, including details like speech bubbles, further creates the humorous aspect, which is a running theme throughout Shrigley's work.
Society
These images reflect issues from the society of the time they were created. They are often a window into the attitudes felt surrounding issues of the time, and a reflection on the attitudes of the artist.
The New Yorker Cover (Adrian Tomine; Left) (Art Spiegelman; Right)
Norman Rockwell The Problem We All Live With
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