Sonic Youth Concert Poster by The Little Friends of Printmaking
It’s all the things I never knew I always wanted.
USA NRA. Thing is I know why these targets were made this way… for cops and the military. So this begs the question: Why do civilians buy them?
So this is another Post-er. Again I am dealing with our current conflicts.
I was talking to a coworker today (thanks Shalan) about our current situation in the middle east. He said this phrase, “Because we don’t read the same book..”. Profound in it’s simplicity, and ultimately true. Although created years apart, the Bible and the Koran, while being a source of enlightenment and hope for many, are also a source of animosity based upon the perceived teachings they hold. As an individual that choses to respect religion in all it’s forms I chose to NOT emphasize either, as both are valid. My interpretation of using both symbols seeks to initially show beauty in the combination of the two and upon closer inspection call upon the viewer to notice the root of our current conflict. Although it may seem at first I am saying that it is the books as the text implies, it is my opinion that it is “perception”… on both sides that is the root of our conflict.
To see a larger image click the link to the PDF below…
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This is the first in a set of posters that I will be designing each week. At the end of my semester they will be compiled into a book.
This is based on the first Great Seal of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (see original below). It was part of the charter granted to British settlers in 1629 by Charles I. In this seal the Native American is saying “Come over here and help us!” We did of course come over here, and succeeded in helping many of the Indians to die. Although it was not technically a WAR (much like our current position n Iraq) we did occupy the territory that would later become the United States.
