Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Principles and Practice of Illustration. Artist Research: Corita Kent

“THE POP ART NUN”
Something I find really interesting about this piece is the use of only three colours. One of the most striking things about this particular piece is the composition of the text itself, "Power up" is placed in the centre in a bold red to catch your eye and draw you in and then you notice the small white hand-drawn style text below which is subtle in comparison. 
This piece also contains a really strong central focus point and hand-drawn style lettering which combined with the bold colours and high impact wording is very striking. Both piece's I have used here are very playful, messy and expressive which is something I want to project into my own work where appropriate and possible.
Something to note is the bold contrast between Kent's habit which is a traditional black and white garment against her bold bright silkscreen prints.

According to Donna Steele, Kent’s work is “as important as that of Warhol” to the Pop Art movement. “It stands up there with the work of the Pop Art greats". 

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