I stumbled upon Brazilian artist Icaro Doria quite literally by using the StumbleUpon toolbar that I have intalled on my computer. Stumbling is something that I occasionally do just to find something new that inspires me. In this instance, I was successful. Icaro Doria’s series of artistic flags uses colors, proportions and statistical information to convey facts about the socio-political environment of different countries and causes. I haven’t ever seen anything quite like this is which is why it stands out as something to be noticed.
Doria uses really simple images to display really complex ideas. He touches on a range of different socio-political topics including HIV, education, drug use, oil consumption and other types of things that affect the global landscape. Breaking these down into really simple images makes it possible for us to just look at the flag and think “wow”. You could get lost in trying to break down the meaning that each image makes about the world around you.
I’m not sure if this is something that I’ll ever use in my own work or not. I keep a scrapbook filled with images of things that have inspired me which I go back to again and again to draw from as a resource for art and writing. I’ve included one of the flags in that book in the hopes that I’ll find something to do with it in the future. Perhaps I will and perhaps I won’t but I’ll enjoy the artwork again and again every time that I see it.
Question of the Day: Can you think of any artist doing work similar to Doria’s flags?
Find Icaro Doria’s work on Centripetal Notion, One Club and Technorati
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