Michael Scoggins created “Dang! I committed war crimes” in 2008, using crayons and markers on paper only. “The work I make is always political,” says Michael Scoggins, who lampoons American and art – world politics and provincialism in trenchant, disarming schoolboy-style doodles and writings. “Dang! I committed war crimes,” was also about political conflict and he created this piece of art during 2008 election. Scoggins made it in a decent size 67 X 51 (170.2 X 129.5 cm) where it’s neither too large to carry nor too small to see. He is a contemporary artist often working in drawing on lined paper, visibly torn from spiral-bound notebooks and crumpled. “Dang! I committed war crimes” Is also an emerging and contemporary art. Contemporary art
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Since the 18th century, political cartoons have offered a highly useful window into the past. Just about every school history textbook now has its quota of political cartoons. Yet some studies reveal that substantial percentages of adults fail to understand the political cartoons in their daily newspaper. How much harder then must it be for young people to make sense of cartoons from the distant past? Nowadays, it is very easy to understand a cartoon drawing or painting. “A political cartoon is a cartoon that makes a point about a political issue or event. You can find them in any daily newspaper, but they won’t be in the comic’s section” (“Analyzing Political Cartoons”). To me, this piece of art (Dang! I committed war crimes) was very attractive and informative. At first sight, I knew this art is related to political because of topic, which was about war. After more research, I got to know it was made in 2008 when George bush was president, When United Sates had financial crisis. “Dang! I committed war crimes, is all about art such as; different kinds of elements, designs, and so on. Art is a valuable resource for younger people because they represent topics from the past. Political cartoons aren’t always for entertainment but they always depend on the historical context around the time of
Since the 18th century, political cartoons have offered a highly useful window into the past. Just about every school history textbook now has its quota of political cartoons. Yet some studies reveal that substantial percentages of adults fail to understand the political cartoons in their daily newspaper. How much harder then must it be for young people to make sense of cartoons from the distant past? Nowadays, it is very easy to understand a cartoon drawing or painting. “A political cartoon is a cartoon that makes a point about a political issue or event. You can find them in any daily newspaper, but they won’t be in the comic’s section” (“Analyzing Political Cartoons”). To me, this piece of art (Dang! I committed war crimes) was very attractive and informative. At first sight, I knew this art is related to political because of topic, which was about war. After more research, I got to know it was made in 2008 when George bush was president, When United Sates had financial crisis. “Dang! I committed war crimes, is all about art such as; different kinds of elements, designs, and so on. Art is a valuable resource for younger people because they represent topics from the past. Political cartoons aren’t always for entertainment but they always depend on the historical context around the time of