Contemporary Art Issues: Malay's Identity in Lat's Cartoon

Political cartoons could be defined as illustrations or cartoon strips that contain a social and/or political message in them. Political cartoons are often based on the current events around when they were written.

Introduction: As long as there have been civilizations, there have been stories, myths that are told to children. These stories are usually the basis of the cartoons characters except some which are from creator’s imagination. This story telling is a means of not only comforting and amusing a child, but of teaching the child the societal norms of their nation. These are memorized by children and remembered forever. Children idolize their favourite character, the character they have most in common with and are best able to identify with, and try to emulate that character’s

With this incredible gift, Jung Gi is invited all over the world to preform drawing shows rather than the more conventional papering art beforehand and showing it in a gallery, using ink and pen he can create complex and detailed scenes without using a reference and draws them in front of a crowd.

Cartoons have been use for many years and its modern usage refers to a typically non-realistic or semi-realistic drawing or painting intended for satire, caricature, or mock different things. John Backderf, known as Derf, is a famous and recognized cartoonist “who works out of an unheated, attic studio in his Cleveland home, grew up in a rural, small town in Ohio and went to high school with serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer” (“Bio”). He drew a cartoon in 1995 in which he presents an implicit theory about how and why things evolve to be “cool”. This paper will elaborate on explaining what Derf’s theory actually is, an interpretation of the meaning presented in the cartoon, and a fad or style that follows Derf’s theory.

There are several different types of cartoons or comic strips. A single-panel gag cartoon consists of a single drawing with a typeset caption positioned beneath. A comic strip consists of a short series of cartoon illustrations in sequence. An editorial cartoon is more serious in tone and uses visual metaphors and irony to satirize social or political situations. They often include speech bubbles and, sometimes, multiple panels in order to get their point across.

Political cartoons are written for sarcastic and satirical purposes; however, most political cartoons actually represent the real thoughts of people and society on a certain issue. A cartoon can represent ideas about a public figure such as a president, a traitor, or a war hero. It can also represent an idea such as slavery or taxation. Political cartoons can represent different movements and acts as well such as the Emancipation Proclamation and the Stamp Act. While sometimes hurtful to the idea or person displayed, political cartoons unite the people with one central idea that most of them agree on. Along with the informative format of the political cartoon, most are usually funny as well and give a good laugh to those who see them. Many political cartoons are addressed throughout this essay: some funny, some serious, and some that helped educate people on what was happening in the world and what they needed to worry about in the present time they were living in.

The cartoon addresses the issue that both candidates are poor choices. The cartoon is very ironic because Uncle Sam tells the audience to vote, but he

Its appearance almost always accompanies the strategic and parodic veiling of the human. The illustrative style of such comics has much to do with the way this process of defamiliarization works, and we must not forget that the primary mode of representation in them is never simply language—with its conceptual relations between signifer and signified—but pictures, which bear an indexical or perceptual relation to the things they represent. (130)

Malay is the largest ethnic group in Malaysia and Malay language is their mother tongue. Malay language is Malaysia’s official language.

When then thinking about children, innocent, happy, playful, and future potential are some things that come to mind. One would reason with this way of thinking is that cartoons should then too have similar meaning, but in reality many people think of cartoons as the opposite. People may grow up as the time goes by yet the picture of cartoon helping one to develop stays till the most recent day of life. Perhaps that is the reason cartoon is the principal closest companion one can have in their adolescence. The majority of the youngster spends their time sitting before the Television watching cartoon as it is straightforward, enjoyable to watch. For that reason cartoon has turned out to be noteworthy piece of youngsters. Measurements appears

Capdeivila-Werning (2011) writes that buildings, including the Kampung house, can open our understanding of the unique capabilities of modelling construction materials in specific environments. These houses are not built by commercial architects or designers but by experienced village master builders, through the soul, the hands and labourers of the community. This allows each house to take on a unique personality and character reflecting its inhabitants. “The beauty of this architecture has long been dismissed as accidental, but today we should be able to recognize it as the result of rare good sense in the handling of practical problems. The shape of the houses, sometimes transmitted through a hundred generations, seem eternally valid, like those of their tools” (Rudofsky,1964, p4). A popular design detail introduced in the traditional Kampung house is wood carving which responds to the culture and community. Wood carving is an extremely difficult and precious talent passed down through generations. However, it is a dying practice and has become an expensive business only unique to those interested in the preservation of the Kampung house style and those who appreciate the art. Wood carvings are not only ornamentally aesthetic but have a lot of sacred meanings as well as being visually attractive in the internal living environment as shown in Figure 11. The wood carvings along the walls, windows and door frames often represents stories, depicting different tales

This section contains only a summary of “Chapter 7 on The Kinship, Interaction and Identity” from the book “The Baba of Melaka: Culture Identity of a Chinese Peranakan community in Malaysia” written by Tan Chee Beng which was published in 1988. The author’s main purpose for writing this chapter is to identify in what ways is the Peranakan Chinese kinship system built based on the concept of social interaction between Baba and the non-Baba Chinese as well as other ethnic groups, especially amongst the Malays and the experience of interaction with others (Chee Beng, 1988, p. 198).

• MEWUJUD DAN MEMBANGUNKAN MASYARAKAT DEMOKRATIK DAN MENGAMALKAN SATU BENTUK PERSEFAHAMAN MATANG IAITU DEMOKRASI MALAYSIA YANG BOLEH MENJADI CONTOH KEPADA BANYAK NEGARA MEMBANGUN.

Pulau Duyong terletak dipermukaan kuala Sungai Terengganu. Ianya terbahagi kepada Duyung Besar, Duyung Kecil dan Pulau Ketam. Pulau Duyung besar pula dipecahkan kepada beberapa buah kampung - Kampung Duyung Kelab Aya dan Kampung Sekolah.

Malaysia is a unique country. It is made up of multi-ethnic group who are living in harmony. Conflict among ethnic group is rare and even if conflict occurs, is not to the extent of destroying the country. In fact, it is the diversity that drives the development of the country and makes this country colourful. Malaysia has been recognized by the world as a model for other plural societies. The concept of ‘unity in diversity’ is always insisted by the leaders. The concept is now supported with the ‘1 Malaysia’ concept which is introduced by the current Prime Minister. The Malaysian government is always put efforts to ensure the