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Economist
Franki Starr
There was an interesting article in the Economist that has an impact on my work. It was the article about ‘The Odd Couple’, and how America should be much more confident in its dealings with its closest rival, China. It seems that I have a love hate relationship with China, which seems to parallel U.S. relations. U.S. hates Communism but the US is China’s biggest debtor. In some of Graphic design work I have used China but not in a good way. I have read and viewed pictures of China suppressing and killing the Tibetan celebration stamps monks especially in the last couple of years. I made celebration stamps celebrating Tibetans but downing Red China. But now as I am researching for a menu from a restaurant I have chose Susanna Foo’s Chinese restaurant. As I started my research I started to embrace the Chinese culture. I learned that they use the color red which we see from a western view as evil Red China but in fact it’s to symbolize happiness and prosperity, the red envelope is very important to there culture. I will use as a model for my menu after the red envelope.
The point of the article was to express the concerns about our growing economic problems and how tensions between us and China will probably grow into a cold war. Most likely from elections in both countries in 2012, and how tariffs on China exports will encourage protectionism in America. It seems that the writer thinks both countries are insecure and need to find common ground to come up with global policies to help climate and green technologies.
If I had to make a piece of art work it would have to show insecurities and how they can blow up into some more i.e. cold war. Now on the cover of the economist is showed a paranoid Uncle Sam looking at Mao Zedong as Mao looked straight forward confidently in an illustration. My art work would want to show how are insecurities grow that can lead to catastrophe. Paranoia would be obvious but I would want it to be a subtle photograph where you would really have to understand what is going on in the world. Like citizen leader art that makes a social statement. I would make it a photomontage to get my point across.
(can you see the look of paranoia on the face of Uncle Sam!)
these were my celebration stamps based on the struggle of the Tibetans under Chinese rule
this is what I based my menu on the scared Chinese red envelope
this is the front of my menu based on the Chinese envelope
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