rachael

However, I did not see it that way – I see the fist as symbolizing a fight for equality and the defense of it…

As a graphic designer, I feel this image is the wrong message, yet it may be the evidence of the condition of the heart of this group of people. The first second upon seeing this poster, is the lasting one. Is your message hate? Is it your intolerance to democracy and other peoples views? Think about what it means to raise a fist in this manner. Strike out, defiance, anger, aggression, hate. Is this your message? Look at the lines he used in the shading of the fist, they are hard and abrasive edges, coming to a point.

One comment left by Ali, said it looks like a heart. I have to say she looked at the poster too long and “read” into it what you wanted it to say.

Although Shepard Fairey is a talented and gifted designer, he knows what he is doing. As with any good designer, his images are deliberate, and choosing this post-modern style of poster is indicative of the communist era. He uses red in just about all his works. What does the red symbolize, not in just our culture but others? Think.