Art Reflection

All art is an expression of an artist's ideas, opinions, and imaginations. Many artists choose to portray the angsty, rebelliousness of malicious failure. Banksy, a street artist from Bristol, UK, displays this theme throughout the majority of his artwork. Using incredibly distinctive stenciling graffiti techniques, Banksy creates pieces that expose the negative aspects of politics promoted by the mainstream media. His piece “CND Soldiers” shows the image of two soldiers wielding massive guns, clearly finding it important to guard their backs. Ironically, the soldiers are not fighting any war; they are simply painting a giant, red peace sign. They seem hasty, worrying less about drips or preciseness and more about the message they are shoving in everyone’s face. The soldiers choose to fail maliciously against their orders to make and support war and violence by displaying their utter cry for peace. Stefano Corso is a contemporary Italian photographer based in Rome. His photographs often capture many examples of urban surrealism as well as irony. In his photograph shown on the left, an airplane makes an immense statement. While in reality the airplane is massive, here it is shown bravely and defiantly approaching a seemingly gargantuan statue of an angel. Even as the angel stretches to signal the airplane to stop, it continues onward, despite its negative odds. It maliciously fails to comply with any command, despite its oppressor’s advantage. Both pieces of art successfully express the idea of malicious failure resulting in a skewed view of success.