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Key Terms

Inked: being tattooed or having a tattoo

Contemporary art: art that is happening now

Visual language: communicating using imagery or symbols

Juxtaposition: different things placed together to create a new meaning

Device: a visual language in artwork to construct meaning such as humour, repetition, juxtaposition and appropriation, etc.

Repetition: a device used in art. Repeating something to give new meaning

Hatching, cross-hatching and stippling: ways of using line to show tone (light and dark)

Neo-Pop: a postmodern Pop Art movement. Famous artists include Jeff Koons, and Gilbert and George

Pop Art: an art movement starting in the mid-1950s that explored pop culture, advertising, consumerism and commercialism

Still life: an artwork that features only inanimate objects like clocks, skulls and food

Vanitas: a still life painting that tells an allegory (story)

Dia de los Muertos: (the Day of the Dead), is a Mexican celebration to pray and remember those who have departed Blue collar: usually referring to the type of job someone has such as mechanic, truck driver or hair dresser. A job where you don’t wear a suit and tie or work in an office

Cultural identifiers: fashion, music taste, food choices and career that identifies your social class/place of origin

Quintessential: the perfect example of a concept or thing

Moniker: another name that a person goes by

Impermanence: something that doesn’t last

Consumerism: a sociological concept about the acquisition of consumer goods

Commercialism: the act of making profit through the marketing and consumption of goods to/by people

Gigantism: in art terms, enlarging something to give new meaning. Commonly used as a Pop Art device