Ever since I was a young girl I had loved art and I was always immersed in some project which, to my mother’s dismay, left my clothes stained with paint or my room carpet singed from hot glue. With this being said, my obvious choices for classes were all art related and I was educated on the masters and taught to create oils paintings of still-life’s. However, my training was purely traditional and I thought that the better one could replicate a still-life or portrait with a certain medium, the better an artists they were.
I was inspired when I saw other graphic works, including those by Shigeo Fukuda that had a simple design but an incredibly powerful message. These messages were created not only through making simple yet effective compositions, but also by studying semiotics. Artists take everyday objects and use them in their art to create a statement that cause the viewers to think and also re-evaluate what that symbol means. I love this type of work and am happy to see other artist’s utilizing this simplistic style.
Just recently Jason Mac, a 19 year old student from Hong Kong, created an apple graphic in tribute to Apple computer creater Steve Jobs. Like Fukuda, Jason Mac has taken an iconic symbol and recreated the meaning for the audience. This more graphic style doesn’t only create an incredibly powerful message, but it also makes artists consider a more minimalist approach in creating art.
