The Whole Ball of Wax

The postmodernist era of art work represents a new take on traditional art with a modern lens that distorts people’s expectations of art.   Previously pieces of art were easily understood from the audiences’ point of view.   Both ages of realism and modernism were time periods where art was still being experimented with, but the structural form did not cause major controversy for the viewers and art critics.   Postmodern medium for art includes almost anything ranging from paints on canvas all the way up to advertisements and physical billboards.   Postmodern artists use their talents to create art that from everyday objects that makes outsiders question what they indeed are looking at.   Some examples of postmodern artists are Andy Warhol and Jean Baudrillard.   The screen prints of Cables chicken noodles by Andy Warhol reinvented how people perceive the everyday soup cans simply by repeating the same image and altering the colors each...

In the Photoshop advertisement assignment for class I decided to play with the words turn the original ad into an ironic parody.  Instead of using the word pumpkin I replace the main ingredient with "Pumped Up".  The goal of the new advertisement is to turn the frozen yogurt desert into an exercising supplement.  I also added people who were lifting weights to further reinforce the athletic spin on the original advertisement.  To incorporate a more athletic scene I paired the people lifting weights with a nutrition label.  My intent for the new advertisement is for the audience to get a sense of energy from the ad's active and nutritional persona.