Blog 4 - Text on The Street

Text on The Street  - Banksy

• Banksy an English graffiti artist from Bristol, UK, whose artwork has appeared throughout London and other locations around the world. Banksy is one of the most controversial street artist to emerge on the global stage whose artwork has appeared throughout London and other locations around the world. 

•  Banksy uses typography in a lot of his images. The text is normally a duller, messy spray paint look but is still easy to read.

Reference

http://www.stencilrevolution.com/profiles/about-banksy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksy

Blog 1 - Looking at Text as Image Term 2 - Barbara Kruger

 Barbara Kruger

• Barbara Kruger is an american conceptual artist, she was (born January 26, 1945) in Newark, New Jersey, United States. Barbara Kruger's known works have directive slogans over black-and-white photographs, addressing cultural issues.
•  The phrases in her works often include pronouns.

“Untitled” (We don’t need another hero), 1987

Image Width - 2721

Image Height - 1418

Untitled (The war for me to become you), 2008

40 × 31 ^83/100 in

101.6 × 80.8 cm

Untitled (I Am the Real Thing), 1982

72 ^1/2 × 48 ^3/4 in

184.2 × 123.8 cm

Reference

https://www.artsy.net

https://www.flickr.com