James Victore

James Victore 

An american Artist, Director and Designer who was born in 1962 Mountain Home, Idaho. In 2010 and 2012 ,his work exhibited in The Museum Of Modern Art.

Another from 1991

Awards 

• Emmy Award, Television Animation (1992)
• Gold and Bronze Medals, Broadcast Designers Assoc. (1992, 1993)
• Grand Prix, Brno International Design Biennale, Czech Republic (1994)
• Gold and Silver Medals, New York Art Directors Club (1994, 1996)
• Gold and Silver Medals, Mexico Poster Biennale (1995, 1996)
• ICOGRADA Excellence Award, Chaumont Festival, France (1996)
• World’s Best Environmental Poster, Helsinki Julistebiennale (1997)
• International Design Excellence Award, A! Deseno, Morelia, Mexico (2007)

Collections 

A poster for the film Double Justice,1993

• Museum of Modern Art, New york, NY
• Palais du Louvre, Paris, France
• Library of Congress, Washington, DC
• Museum fur Gestaltung, Zurich
• Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

A cover for the New York Times Magazine, 2006

This piece of work which was created for the New York Times Magazine in 2006 is a stand out piece of art for me. It uses bold writing to makes the words that means most be recognised first. The words which are designed in the shape of  typical 'bomb' makes it unique because of the way it has been designed. The boldness of 'Islam' gives the art the structure of the rest of the piece. It enables the audience to create an image in the head of what these people from the middle east are doing. This is helped by using a limited colour palette i.e Black and White. This helps the art give a strict and harsh message out. It shows that the artist is angry about this ethical problem and wants this message to be harsh. With the theme being 'against terrorists' it enables the artist to use his art to be a harsh message to the audience. The scale of the text get smaller as you look down the page. It uses the theme of a bomb to reflect its message against terrorists. In my opinion this piece would have been originally hand drawn which then had led to digital enhancement. It would have had the outline of the "Bomb", then he would have drew in the words by hand to get an original draft. Then he would have scanned it in to Adobe Illustrator to beef the art up. This reflect the theme incredibly well to show that this is a hard hitting image. When you first look at this image , i was first drawn to the word 'Bomb'. Although it may not be the biggest word in the image it gives the structure of the artwork. After you look above to 'Islam' which then, you as a audience know this is a hate message to terrorists. You then read down the page to understand the the phrase. This text is the best way to represent this information because its like reading a normal paragraph. It enables the audience to gauge into the artwork and the hard hitting message. 

Tools and Techniques of the Image

• Pens
• Pencils
• Illustrator  

The most successful thing about this artwork is that he has been able to use the message and adapt it into a visual image. Using the bomb to give the impression that the terrorists could drop a bomb on top of anyone at anytime. It is a hard ethical image giving the audience something to think about and discuss. The depth and quality of this image is amazing and I don't think I would change it because it gives the message perfectly.

Videos Of James Victore

In this video James Victore explains how he found his style in art. And how you should approach new artwork. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqa43J0VAvQ