- Title
- Political illustration and propaganda in a mass mediated world
- Creator
- Minichiello, Mario
- Relation
- Varoom! Lab , Issue 1, p. 71-94
- Relation
- http://www.varoom-mag.com/?p=4171
- Publisher
- Association of Illustrators
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2012
- Description
- Political illustration is now rarely commissioned in editorial publications unless it is in the form of a cartoon. This paper discusses examples of political satirical cartoons as well as illustration that is not satirical in its intent but is designed to communicate a persuasive message or to advocate an ideological view of the world. I will briefly discuss political art that is made by individual artists; by the term artists I include illustrators and graphic communicators that challenge governments and established views of society. Finally I will reflect on an example of my own work for the Sydney Morning Herald covering 2007 APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation a political gathering held in Sydney). I use this commission as a Case Study to reflect on my role as a visual political journalist illustrating ideas and events in ways, which could be achieved solely through photography or the written word.
- Subject
- political illustration; satirical cartoon; drawing; graphic design; visual journalism
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1309058
- Identifier
- uon:21758
- Identifier
- ISSN:2052-1820
- Language
- eng
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