New work for The Nation (issue 2/18/08) .This illustration was done for an article by Adina Hoffman titled "Lives on the Ground", a review of Israeli and Palestinian memoirs. Hoffman has chosen to discuss "The stories of individual people who live and breathe the sweeping political choices made by prime ministers and presidents" in order to provide a human dimension to the abstract political debates over Holy Land politics. I tried to echo this sentiment in the illustration by contrasting the scarred, abstract map with a scene suggesting diverse everyday street life.
I wanted to make different styles work together in this piece. For the map I painted watercolor and acrylic layers, working back and forth with collaged type. The magnifying glass is also handled in a more graphic way to set up a contrast to the warmer, more atmospheric street scene.
Editors: John Palattella and Christine Smallwood
2 comments:
hey Doug, nice one! what i like most is the contrast of the huge magnigy glass and the common people---it could be a huge, powerful hand holding that glass, spying in--a hand that has some control over their future. or it could be someone like me, like if i 'google earthed' that area, but instead of seeing a war zone, i'd see "real" people going about their every day lives.
have a great visit with Skylar! i'll catch up with you later.
Hey Doug! Thanks for that link to the textile book. I may buy some sometime. Your show looks like it was awesome. I love your drawing technique, they all look really cool.
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