Category: PORTRAITS 3B

portraits in society, caricature or propaganda ?

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CAPTAIN AMERICA

artist : unknown, nature of document : poster

description : one human figure running, focus on the shield and the A for America.

stars and stripes, colours of the American flag. Background : soldiers wearing uniforms, barbed wire, no identifiable setting

slogans : “fight” in red letters (red for war, blood, violence, action).

“join the battle for victory” in white letters

 

Analysis : symbols of the USA, action

No clear context : battle or fight for what aim ? the values of America, the good/right side ?

 

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SAY THEIR NAMES

 

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Introduce the document :

author : African-American artist Kadir Nelson                         date : June 22 2020

genre : New Yorker cover, portrait                    title : Say their Names

question :

What has Goerge Floyd become an icon of ? /Why is this portrait of George Floyd a tribute to African-American history ?

Description : From the bottom to the top of the picture, pick a few names and explain the story behind every drawing.

Context : George Floyd,  Black Lives Matter, Say their Names, white supremacists, Donald Trump

Conclusion : Answer the question. Mention  Black history and the election of the 46th president.

EN FRANÇAIS :

Couverture du New Yorker magazine, publiée le 20 juin 2020. Auteur : Kadir Nelson, artiste afro-américain. Titre : Say their Names ( dites leurs noms)

Problématique : Quel sens avait cette image au moment de sa publication ? OU que signifie l’organisation de cette image ? OU De quoi George Floyd est-il devenu l’icône ?

Description :

  • montrer l’organisation des dessins (du haut vers le bas) ou (du bas vers le haut)
  • dire en quoi ils consistent globalement (visages et scènes)
  • raconter quelques destins

Analyse : expliquer pour quoi cette image est organisée ainsi

donner le contexte (mort de George Floyd, manifestations)

insister sur Martin Luther King et son combat

CONCLUSION : faire le parallèle entre les manifestations “Black Lives Matter” et les manifestations et le combat du Civil Rights Movement.
Répondre à la question posée en introduction

S’interroger sur la situation des afro-américains dans la société américaine aujourd’hui.
Pourquoi est-il important de “dire le nom des victimes” ?  Quel était le but de l’artiste ?

 

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A NE PAS FAIRE LE JOUR DE L’EPREUVE

 

Voici ce qui risque de mal disposer le jury à votre égard :

– L’oubli des documents que vous présentez.

– L’absence de solution de repli au cas où un document numérique ne fonctionnerait pas (prévoir des photocopies des oeuvres).

– La lecture de vos documents : un oral n’est pas un discours – fleuve, et surtout pas la lecture d’un document écrit. Cela doit être vivant.

– L’impression que vous ne vous impliquez pas dans votre présentation.

-L’usage de termes que vous ne savez pas définir.

– Des références que vous ne savez pas justifier.

-Une posture physique incorrecte (mains dans les poches, chewing-gum, tenue inadaptée)

– Un langage relâché ou/et ponctué d’hésitations et de mots inappropriés.

 

… Mais bien sûr, tout cela ne vous arrivera pas, car vous aurez travaillé, et répété votre présentation avant le grand jour !

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CARICATURE FOR PROPAGANDA

Click HERE to see the cover on Barry Blitt’s site

Author : Barry Blitt is an illustrator who has often worked for the New Yorker.

Title : Fist Bump : The Politics of Fear. Date : July 21, 2008. Context : election campaign, 2008, Barack Obama was running for president for the first time. The question : what did the artist enact with this cover ?

Listen  to what Barry Blitt said about this cover : NPR radio

Description : Michelle Obama’s hair, her outfit, the weapon on her back. Barack Obama’s outfit. The portrait of Ben Laden on the wall, the flag of the USA burning in the fireplace.

The setting : the oval office in the White House

The gesture : a fist bump

Analysis : what all these elements symbolise : the relationship to the Muslim religion and to foreign politics

The title : what does the expression “The Politics of Fear ” mean ? Who spread this fear ? Why ? Was it facts or propaganda ?

Conclusion : what did the artist do ? Did he use caricature or propaganda ? who used caricature before he drew the cover ? What for ?

So, what did he actually do ? What was the reception of this cover ?

 

 

 

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After Dr King, a New Yorker cover, by Kadir Nelson

Look at the whole cover here

This is the January 16 2017 issue of the New-Yorker.

The picture is about Martin Luther King Junior,  it’s entitled After Dr. King and it was created by Kadir Nelson, who specialises in portraits of African-American people.

The background is white, we can see a colour portrait of M.L.K. The focus is on his face and his hands. He looks  wise with his joined hands.Instead of the material of his jacket and the skin of his hands,there are people demonstrating and protesting, and we can see recognize the March on Washington, that he organised with other Civil Rights leaders, in August 1963. This is the place where he delivered his most famous speech : I Have A Dream.

MLK ‘s biography 

There is also a photo of the Flint Water crisis : a town where the majority of inhabitants were poor black people, and where the water was polluted. This crisis happened in 2017.

The relationship with the news is the problem of  social justice in America, about 50 years after the Civil Rights movement, and MLK’s legacy.

The date of publication is important, because it was close to Martin Luther King’s day, a national day when people across the USA pay tribute to Martin Luther King.

Conclusion : the question is what has changed in the USA for Black pool since the era of the Civil Rights movement ?

Look at a presentation here

Key words : 
Baptist preacher, activist, the Civil Rights movement, non-violence, Nobel Peace Prize

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