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Krzysztof Wodiczko Analysis

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Comparison This study compares and contrasts the work of Ida Applebroog and Krzysztof Wodiczko, who used different styles to address the theme of power. The two artists used different figures to represent human beings in their work, which were comical images of political leaders. Ida Applebroog has frequently used figures such as mythic beast, everyman, and woman to portray her political characters (Sultan 71). These imagined figures have enabled her to develop the theme power. On the other hand, Krzysztof Wodiczko used architectural facades and national monuments to represent human beings in order to pass his message to the audiences, and to speak unspeakable political things (Jan 278). Born in 1929 in …show more content…

Krzysztof Wodiczko has been able to use black humor and irony in his work in order to communicate his message to the audiences. Ida used stage-setting, irony, and humor to bring out the theme of power more clearly to her audiences. She has also been able to use pictorial conventions, appropriation, and elements that seem desperate to create modern social and political thought. Born in 1943 in Poland, Krzysztof Wodiczko also created many images that were political charged in order to advance his theme of power. He was born by a Jewish mother during World War II, a period that painted a negative image about violence and war in his entire life. He also interacted with the survivors of Hiroshima atomic bomb, a fact that that shaped his view towards the negative impact of power contest in the lives of ordinary people. Krzysztof Wodiczko used color video in his projections in order to make his work more appealing to his audiences, as well as to show the moods of the people in different times. In terms of proportion, Krzysztof Wodiczko uses monuments and public buildings as backdrops for his work. In 1996, he introduced motion and sound in his work in order to make it more captivating to his audiences. He questions the monumentality of public buildings in order portray political issues such as democracy, human rights, alienation and violence in the modern …show more content…

Krzysztof Wodiczko can be termed as a modern artist since he used video projections and large-scale slides in most of his artworks (Krzysztof Wodiczko 273). The main benefit of video projections is that the artist is able to make his work visual and real compared to drawn or painted pictures. The medium also enables the artist to represent 3-dimensional objects that may not be possible in other mediums. The two artists use lines to make their work more visible and clear to their audiences. The two artists were also able to use modern technology in order to reach their audiences more effectively. Krzysztof Wodiczko used it throughout his work, but Ida Applebroog adopted later in her work in order to produce modern photographic prints. Ida Applebroog uses ordinary images to show how power is exercised in different forms such as government over its citizens, men over women, parents and children, doctors and patients among other dependent groups in the

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