Part 2- Art assessment Unit 2- DP 2

● Public art and artist’s responsibility in the social context

Artwork one: Stop telling women to smile Artwork two:

● Art analysis- 2 screen (Theoretical practice)- 30 min. Select any 2 Street artworks

and compare-Cite all sources. Select any two Street Artworks below and describe
and compare them using the following guides. This task is not intended to decide
which of the two is best but how they differ in style, skills and possible intentions of
the artists who made them, and how you see them.

Answer the questions Art work 1 Artwork 2

*  Describe and compare your I felt empowered the first
first impression of each artwork. time I was this. Since the
artist aims to project gender
based street harassment The
first thing I noticed was the
facial expression of the lady
in the poster.
The first thing I noticed was
the texture and how the artist
was able to make the
character on the wall seem
like a growing girl, who
identifies to be muslim, as
represented by her head scarf.
It also brings a mood to the
audience.

*  Describe and compare the The poster is really simple
different things you can see in where the lady in the poster is
each artwork. the central focus. It is further
explained through text in
which “women'' is written in
bold text where she
represents the subject of the
poster since it addresses the
This artwork is noticeably
different from artwork one by
the landscape it's illustrated
on. The street art is
empowering through the use
of the girl and the broken
handwriting, as it isn't written
in a uniform manner, just
 issues surrounding women,
specifically a woman of
African roots represented by
her afro hair. There is
sketching with delicate lines
and the shading effect used in
order to strongly represent
her emotions. This acts as a
call to action in order to put
an end to the harassments
women face on a daily basis.
It is worth mentioning that it
is one of the samples from a
series of artworks in which
she has used the same
technique.
*  Describe and compare the way As mentioned above this
elements of art have been used in street art is simple therefore
each artwork. the artist has not used many
elements of art. The lines
used in the portrait are not
harsh, it is delicate and
simple strokes. She has used
such lines since the features
of the women are considered
to be delicate. The use of
black and white color in all of
the posters signifies that
harassment is harassment
now matter how and almost
all the women face it in
different forms- black and
white color also showcase the
expression and feelings of the
women who have been the
victims. The background
space is empty because she
wanted the main focus of the
audience to be on the main
subject of the painting- the
giving an insight on the
despair faced by the girl.
Moreover, both the artists
have made the subject of the
painting clear through
illustrating their portraits.
This artwork also seems to
use charcoal like paint. The
shading unlike the first text
isn't minute but overlapping
representing the shadow
effect in order to further gain
emotional response as the
color black is visibly evident
evoking sympathy and call to
action like emotions.
Moreover, while this is done
on a wall, the artwork one is
done on paper.
The “smudging” and shading
effect has been employed in
order to provide dimension
which otherwise would make
it seem like a flat artwork,
this helps provide angle. The
prominent colors used in the
picture is mainly black and
white since it makes it simple
and attention grabbing. The
artist has cleverly used the
background as a color.
Although a monochromatic
style is used to represent “the
end” and negative emotions,
the artist has cleverly used
this feature to ignite negative
motivation to better spread
awareness about climate
change. Moreover, the lines
in this dimensional and the
strokes are not as delicate as
the artwork 1.

*  Describe and compare the way In this picture one can easily
principles of design have been find the balance between the
used in each artwork.
*  Describe and compare why each The historical context behind
artwork might have been made.
Historical context, Cultural context that is salient in the art work.
woman.
text and the picture. The
caption adds more meaning to
the text and makes the
purpose of the text more clear
to the audience. The
movement of the picture can
be slightly felt in the hair of
the subject. As it feels as if
the afro hair is moving. The
lines in the features of the
subject adds feeling and
creates equilibrium and
stability to the artwork.
Moreover, the lines also
creates rhythm and unity.
this is easily distinguished by
the dressing of the women
The half sleeved tee-shirt
represents the modern era and
with it also represents the
development of women who
are now free to wear body
hugging clothes, as this can
be noticed by the curved
chest shape that is enhanced
by shading. The context of
this artwork is to hold a
stance against harassment and
sexism. As although the face
of the women seems to be in
a 45 degree angle but her
gaze is direct and her sharp
facial features like her
prominently highlighted eyes
through the shade of black
and her contoured
cheekbones, whilst keeping
her lips tight could be a
hidden strategy by the artist
to make it explicitly look like
Similarly the balance can be
identified through the balance
in the text and the picture.
The caption adds more
meaning to the text and
makes the audience aware
about the main purpose of the
artist. However, the main
emphasize is the in the facial
expression of the subject- the
girl. Since hge wants the
audience to focus on the
image of the girl more.
It is visible that the girl in the
artwork is holding the
extinction rebellion logo,
which is the circle that
represents the Earth and the
hourglass inside to represent
that time is running out for
many species. Therefore, it is
safe to say, the content
behind this artwork is to
spread awareness about
climate change and since this
logo was first founded in
London, the setting is london.
Further evidence about this
context can be found in the
artwork by the fact that, there
solemnly is just one sapling
growing with unending space,
and a girl with a small banner
and her shovel that is still in
the ground. This is further
made powerful by the
buildings behind that are a
cause to the ending of earth.
 she is agreeing to the
statement but implicitly also
showing her anger as her face
is portraying no motion just a
direct gaze.
*  Describe and compare what you The importance of this
feel is the importance of each artwork is that it expresses a
artwork social issue that women all
around the world face. It
makes people aware of the
unsafety and unsecurity
women feel and it inspires
more women to speak about
their experiences and support
one another and it gives a
direct message to the men to
stop judging women- it is up
to them if they want to smile
or not
*  Describe and compare the The intention, as the title
intention of the artist in creating suggests “stop telling women
the artwork how to smile” the artist wants
the men to think about how
they would react if someone
told them to smile when they
don’t want to. Moreover, the
sexualization behind telling
women to smile is alarming.
It makes women feel that the
only way to engage into a
conversation is being happy
The importance of this
artwork is to spread
awareness on climate change
change which is extremely
dangerous for all species. The
extinction rebellion logo
further adds more feeling to it
as there legitimately is no
time remaining for species to
thrive. The young girl in the
artwork is to emphasise on
the impending further that is
to fall on the shoulders of the
young generation and the
generation that is to come.
The use of the shovel is very
prominent as usually kids that
are her age are on the beach
with the shovel trying to
enjoy their lives and make
sandcastles but due to the
actions of human beings, the
young girl has to sacrifice this
happiness and stand with a
purpose ot help the earth from
the danger that is yet to come
in such little time with all the
resources she has.
Whilst the intention of both
the artists were to spread
awareness on socially illing
issues of the world, the
second artwork is more
generic for the global
audience not just women and
in this doing, the artist's
intention of creating this
work is to ignite feelings that
would help in saving the
world, as like the small
and pretty. Asking a woman
is a selfish act and it does not
have a caring to it; it turns
something very simple into
sexual. Overall, the artist is
trying to put an end to the
street harassment which is
faced by each and every
woman alive on planet earth.
“I say, no more”.
banner the girl is holding,the
earth has very little time, not
just for other species like the
white rhino that got extinct
due to human beings but this
time for all species including
human beings so it helps
them prioritise the this issue
that is gradually but very
steeply increasing on the
graph to the end.