Showing posts with label anarchy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label anarchy. Show all posts

Friday, June 13, 2008

Anarchy...from a crab?


For some reason when I found out the theme was anarchy...this is all I could think about. Sad commentary on the inner workings of my head...eh.
Candace Illustration

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Guess the title for my depiction of Anarchy?



TECHNIQUE: The lady was drawn in ink on white paper and then carefully cut out and glued onto the mat board. There is a three-dimensional look to this artwork.

BASE: 8 X 10 inches of black mat board

DRAWING PAPER: 20 pound acid-free, lignin-free white paper

INK: Archival quality, acid-free, waterproof and fade proof black pigment ink

GLUE: Acid-free, non-toxic glue

This is my first attempt at drawing for this challenge. Hope my artwork is up to this challenge.

If interested in seeing more of my artwork, please visit my photo website at Trapezoid Art .


anarchy

The Monday Artday challenge word this week is "anarchy".
the only dope worth shooting is President Nixon
Outside the 1968 Democratic Convention, Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman announced that their candidate for president would be a pig named Pigasus.
Jerry Rubin was a left-wing social activist (read: radical). In 1967, Rubin and some others founded the Youth International Party (The Yippies), an anti-authoritarian political party known for street theatre and politically-themed pranks. Rubin coined the phrase "Never trust anyone over thirty". He was thirty-two when he said it. Rubin actively protested against the war in Vietnam. As part of the infamous "Chicago Seven", he played an instrumental role in the disruption of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago and was put on trial for conspiracy and crossing state lines with the intention of inciting a riot. Although he was found guilty of inciting a riot, his conviction was later overturned on appeal. After the Vietnam War ended, Rubin became an entrepreneur and businessman. He was an early investor in Apple Computers. On November 14, 1994, Rubin jaywalked on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, while on his way to dinner with his fiancée. A car swerved to miss Rubin, but a second car was unable to avoid him. He was taken to the UCLA Medical Center, where he died 14 days later.
Abbie Hoffman was also one of the founders of the Yippie party. He also earned a master's degree in psychology from UC Berkeley. Prior to his involvement with the Chicago Seven, Hoffman led a protest movement in the gallery of the New York Stock Exchange. The protesters threw fistfuls of dollars (most of the bills were fake) down to the traders below, some of whom booed, while others began to scramble frantically to grab the money as fast as they could. Hoffman claimed to be pointing out that, metaphorically, that's what NYSE traders "were already doing."
At Woodstock in 1969, Hoffman interrupted The Who's performance to attempt a protest speech against the jailing of John Sinclair of the White Panther Party. He grabbed a microphone and yelled, "I think this is a pile of s***! While John Sinclair rots in prison. . ." The Who's guitarist, Pete Townshend, unhappy with the interruption, cut Hoffman off mid-sentence, shouting, "F*** off! F*** off my f***ing stage!" He then smacked Hoffman with his guitar, sending him tumbling offstage, to the approving roar of the crowd. Townshend later said that, although he agreed with Hoffman's position, Hoffman had no right to use his stage as a forum.
Hoffman was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1980. On April 12, 1989, he committed suicide by swallowing 150 Phenobarbital tablets.

Monday, June 09, 2008

Weekly Challenge - Anarchy!

This week's challenge is:

ANARCHY!

Anarchy is a state of lawlessness, where there is no recognized authority. Associated with war, riots, philosophy, and punk rock. Make an illustration that best represents anarchy for you.