American Art In The Surrender By Joseph Griffith

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Art has always been used to portray a message, American art is no different. Throughout the years American art has been created for many different reasons, including parody and satire. One such example is the painting The Surrender by Joseph Griffith. Although it contains jumbled imagery and may convey a mixed message, The Surrender's main message is that American culture is idolized by the youth of today and that American as a whole is waging war on cultures and religions it doesn’t understand. At first glance the painting contains images of American television and movie icons on the left and various Muslims on the right. The left imagery includes Fonzie, Robocop, Mr. T and Waldo, many of whom were idolized during their TV and movie

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