By Nicolas Gagne
Description
The
title of my art work, “The Misconception Mainly Because of Media”, represent
quite well the idea that most people from the West have of Muslims. I certainly
do not want to put all the blame on the media of our world; however, they
surely contribute to a big part of the misconceptions related to Islam. My art
work consists of a hand drawing illustration complemented by a collage (the two
characters) done on an 8 1/2” x 11” blank sheet. A normal HB pencil and a ruler
are the only material I have used in order to complete the drawing component.
Due to my lack of skills, I have decided that my art work would be better
represented if the two personages were pictures added to my art work. In order
to make it all on the same page without reliefs, I drew the concept as the
background of the work, made my collage on top of it and finally scanned
everything. After scanning the collage, I have used “Paint Software” in order
to add some colors around my art work. Finally, I have printed everything and
cut the edges to reduce the size of my art work. My message is not fully explicit and this is
why the viewers have to look at it for a moment in order to understand what I
meant to deliver as a message with my art work. As I just mentioned, the main
purpose of my art work was to provide the viewers with a strong message, which
is the reason why I did not include any specific details or very limited use of
colors. My main goal was to produce something simple, but shocking and direct
at the same time.
Message
Over
the years, I have learn a very important concept about life, which I will use
as the main message of my art work. It can be summarized in a few words: “Never believe what
you see or read in the media unless you have actually experienced it”. In other words,
people have this tendency to believe everything they read or hear in the media
which is completely the wrong way of approaching life. Media contains very
relevant information that we should definitely use to our advantage; however,
it contains also numerous falsifications that could lead one to believe in
something that is not true. In the last few decades, Islam has been facing many
issues related to peace. Moreover, Islam has been sadly linked to one concept,
which is the concept of terrorism. Therefore, my main message is that it is
true to say that Islam is not perfect, but so is all the other religions of
this world. However, it is definitely wrong to classify each and every Muslim
as terrorists, something that my art work depicts quite well. According to
Shayan Chishti, 1/3 of Americans have some sort of prejudice/inaccurate view
over Muslims, strongly enhance by modern world medias. They have this specific
perception that “[a]ll Muslims and
Arabs are terrorists; [and that] Muslims promote terrorism, along with violence
in general” (Chishti, 2014). As
a community, we have to work together to change these erroneous statements.
Islam is, without a doubt, a peaceful religion that does not promote violence
in any way (directly or indirectly). It is definitely a sad situation that many
Muslims across the world have to deal with in their everyday life. All in all,
I am convinced that this situation will eventually change one day, but it will
take more people to speak up about this issue. Thus, maybe they could
illustrate it like I did for my art work.
Short
Biography
I
am currently undertaking my senior year at the American University in Dubai.
Originally from Canada (Montreal), I have decided to pursue my Bachelor in
Business Administration (Majoring in Accounting) in Dubai due to great work
possibilities and growth in the market after earning my diploma from AUD. I
certainly love everything related to the business world, but I also have a
great interest in sports as well as understanding various cultures coming from
all over the world.
Works Cited
Abozeid,
Amira. (2015, August 2). Misconceptions About Islam: Terrorism, Violence, and
Jihad.
I found Islam.
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Anonymous.
(2008, February 25). Common Misunderstanding About Muslims. ABC News.
Chishti,
Shayan. (2014, June 4). The Misperception of Arabs/Muslims as Terrorists. Prezi.
Re trieved
from https://prezi.com/lbbejg3lppmz/the-misperception-of-arabsmuslims-as-terrorists/
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