The date displays a number of major artists who
use imagery, emotion or political context art
through forms of expression in varied
representative eras such as Surrealism,
Expressionism, Political Art.
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Surrealism Expressionism Political Art

 Art is like having an itch you cannot scratch. A craving
that is never fulfilled. It is a way to extend and display
an idea or an emotion.
 Through the effects of color as in visual arts. Color
can have a huge multiplicity of effects on the psyche.
Also, through inspirations and diversity of the mixed
mediums, art becomes an alternative language and tool
for communicating a message to the world.
 Fine art often has goals beyond pure creativity and self-
expression. The purpose of works of art may be to put
ideas on view; such as in politically-, spiritually-, or
philosophically-motivated art; to create a sense of; to
explore the nature of perception; for pleasure; or to
generate strong emotions.

 The main inspiration for most of my
artwork is the human body: the majesty
of the naturally, and neatly sculpted
human body.
 The curves in both the female and male
figures are a work of art themselves; The
fine anatomic division of the human
body is amazingly captivating to paint
or draw.
 Alongside to the human body, the 1924
art movement of Surrealism has a clear
influence on my art work in the context
of expressive art.
 Surrealism can be defined as “a cultural
movement and artistic style that was
founded in 1924 by André Breton.
 Surrealism uses visual imagery from the
subconscious mind to create art without
the intention of logical
comprehensibility” It is to incorporate
one’s imagination and start seeing
things from a surrealist vision which
does not necessarily logical or realistic.
 I adapted from this culture and
movement to embody and express a
certain vision or an emotion in a work of
art.

 This is an example of an art piece
that expresses a certain emotion
through the physical attribute and
composition of the work.
 The sculpture of “Trapped in
Myself” embodies the theme of self
consciousness and insecurity.
 It illustrates the sense of
vulnerability of a female figure.
 The figure is purposely naked to
display the sense wanting to strip
down of all life’s accessories.
 The figure also represent the sense
of pain as the female’s real self come
out.
 The face coming out of the figure’s
chest was meant to expresses sense
of struggle and relief at the same
time.

• Another way of expression
through art is
communicating a political
message.
• displaying a certain
political view through art is
an effective form of art that
captivates and might
influence audiences.
• Political art can bring
about a social and political
change in our society
through the message its
communicating.

Believe that art is a
dynamic human
attribute and form of
expression
Believe that the
Practice of art is a
waste of time
Consider art no more
than a visual image;
not expressive

 http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2007/10/art-space-talk-dean-
mcdowell.html
 http://www.unc.edu/~jbrady/Essays/politicalart.html
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art
 http://www.helium.com/items/103268-art-a-waste-of-time-or-
meaningful-expression
 Original Pieces of work:
 Slide#3 Graphic- “Art is an itch you can't scratch”
 Slide#4 Graphic- “Drip”
 Slide#5 Graphic- “Trapped in myself”
 Slide#6 Graphic- “Two shall be one flesh”
 Slide#7 Graphic- “The Suffer of the Melting Patience”
 Slide#8 Graphic-”Freedom”
*Pie Chart: survey study among McMaster students.