JordanW



I chose to do my social issue project on racism because I have some personal ties to the matter. Every day I see hear hear something that is racist, and wether the person who's saying it knows it or not they are being very rude to those around them. It makes me think of a saying I once heard, "your not born with racism, its taught to you." The explanation for this is just plain old ignorance, ignorance of the universal rights of all beings. If I can help spread the knowledge of acceptance by just donating some of my time to an art project, I will gladly do so.

I started with an idea to make the layout of the project as simple as possible, while still conveying a strong message. I tried to put things down so that it flowed very nicely and was easy to read. One major problem that occurred was my figure falling on the floor and smashing into pieces. Although now I am glad that this happened because with a little creative problem solving and some glue for the figure, I came up with the idea to write "shattered by racism" and glue pieces of broken clay down to the base. I also feel that tearing the edges of the paper was a nice touch to the overall appearance of the project.

Overall I definitely feel that my project was successful in persuading the audience to my point of view. The broken figure, the fight racism sign and the dark ominous look of the whole piece add to its message greatly I think. However, I do feel that I should have put some more time into finding better facts to post on the bottom. If I had to do this project again i wouldn't change anything about this piece. Thank you for taking to take the time to look at this piece and I hope it has altered your outlook on racism.



The social issue that I think is being showed in this art work is the poverty in cities. It supports this because it shows in the front a poor family with dirt on their faces and dirty close, while in the background their is a nice looking city. The artist is trying to get people to realize the amount of poverty in our cities. Every day people die because they don't have enough money to by food or clothes, and most often ten not they don't even have a home.

As I look at this I feel sadness and shame. Sadness and shame because we are letting this happen to them and we have the means to help. The artist chose to use black and white to show the gloom that is surrounding this family. Also the black and white really shows the difference between the dirty family and the clean city. I am glad that the artist chose to use his art to try to make a difference and I hope he succeeds in his effort.