Underground Up Visual Arts Gallery

             The Artist I Have chose is Distort. The art work which he has done was the Shield of Justice. This was made between the years of 2016-2017. The medium is enamel and an engraving on a car hood. (“Work that is too deeply locked into a language of aesthetics is dismissed as too referential, too elusive, and too inaccessible to a general audience by those whose primary concerns are activism, while art that is prescriptive is too cliched and banal for audience whose primary concerns are art.” Seeing Power Art and Activism in the 21^st century pg 34). The subject is of the 2 individuals standing in the background. safe and stable environment, of the violence and chaos in the world that it is being surrounding. The message is about the change of freedom to individuals. It is about exploring the space and becoming more aware of the context of violence and chaos in the world. The artists address socio-political subjects in the Shield of Justice. They make it make it is based on an education, which it provides multiple meanings within an artwork. It brings attention of these important issues that may have been forgotten and not talked about. It touches upon the issues following the image in a detailed way to draw attention. (“An artwork easily opens to interpretation provides a certain freedom from instrumentalization-from an agenda-and allows a viewer to experience speculation and consideration.”Seeing

Power Art and Activism in the 21^st century pg 34). Artwork has sections in it which

allows us to form hypotheses in their meaning and prompts conversation about important issues. (“The more important lesson is simply that the more one knows about art, the more radically different one’s approach is to art, compared with that of the general viewer.” Seeing Power Art and Activism in the 21^st century pg 39.) The exhibition touch upon issues of art, power and activism by providing the use of interesting materials and the power of the design.    

Panel
made:2016-2017
Metal Panel painted with enamel and engraved

Scrolls
made:2016-2017
Engraving and enamel on scrolls made from aerosol cans and fire extinguishers

Scroll
made: 2016-2017
Engraving and enamel on scrolls made from aerosol cans and fire extinguishers

The City in the Girl
Made: 2017
Engraving and enamel on scrolls made from aerosol cans and fire extinguishers