A short summary of Graphic Agitation 2 by Liz McQuiston
Graphic Agitation 2 by Liz McQuiston is a
book that touches on social and political graphics in the digital age.
McQuiston shows real passion for politics when it comes to the power the
government has on advertising. ‘They play with our desires, values and
aspirations’. She looks into traditional
visual satire in the form of caricature and cartoons and how they can be used
to ridicule world leaders, politicians and their power plays. McQuiston also
looks into Anti-fast food activism were she talks about the Mclibel trail and
the substantial amounts of trail related and anti McDonalds material that
entered popular culture. The book also goes into US and UK politics, in
presidential elections visual satire poked fun at political parties and UK
Politian’s photo-opportunities made ‘Blair’s Cheshire cat smile became a
ghostly visual trademark’ McQuiston also looks into the graphics of Fuera de
Registro and some of the most interesting political campaign posters and works
that touch on wars, identity branding and the rise in corporate power.
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