Parody
A parody recreates an know artwork and recreates it in an exaggerated or comedic expression. Parody often serves as a criticism or commentary from the artist who created it. Parody creates a new meaning to the original image giving art standing.
How to PARODY
choose something well known and alter it
In order for parity to work, the viewer has to have knowledge of the original source. The viewer also hast understand what was changed.
What different ways are parodies created ? Click it
Original meme above. Two different parodies below. Memes are examples of parodies
These parodies were based off of the meme of two images placed side by side, original MEME story.
Parodies comment about the artist who makes them.
Parody can tell us about your beliefs, sense of humor, observations, pet peeves, therefore art that tells us about you the artist.
What does these artworks tell us about the artist?
Bob Ross. The first one uses too much text. The second one shows it! Mix your ideas don't rely too heavily on the words in art class.
Changing the words changed just the meanings. It only works below because we know what the original words should be and therefore get the joke.
Create your own Parody.
Here is some examples of great artwork that could be made into parities. Will you make substitutions in them to show humor, pet peeves, to make a statement?
Top 10 Artworks (Includes nudes by Manet). Shows importance and shows in modern parodies. Parodies show that its still valued in our current world.
Examples, pinterest examples,
Examples, pinterest examples,
Is parody stealing?
As long as what you create, doesn’t seek to be mistaken as the original, in such a way that it devalues the source. Parity is considered an act of creating something new, and as the message of the artist is original. It is protected under fair use as long as it doesn’t bring down the sales of the source image or seek to be mistaken as the original image.
Artist steel. They take some thing and they make it theirs with its new meaning and recreate it into something original.
Artist steel. They take some thing and they make it theirs with its new meaning and recreate it into something original.