Analysis Of Luis Quile's 'Master Of Puppets'

The Puppeteering of Media Do people follow the pathway to their stereotypes? A stereotype can be defined as, “a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing” (Definition). Multiple individuals are defined by their racial or social stereotype (For instance, African Americans are widely known for violence, untrustworthiness, addiction, and anger). The discouraging dilemma is the fact that many groups of people are discriminated and targeted for these stereotypes. Stereotypes are the bare ugly face of modern American society. A Spanish artist who exposes this ugly face goes by the name of Luis Quiles. Quiles creates vulgar pieces of art about the culture slander around him. The images he …show more content…
One of the various pieces of art he made depicts how society can define a person 's attributes by their social stereotype. In Quile’s jarring, “in your face” picture, “Master Of Puppets”, he points out four distinctive stereotypes that proliferate through every strata of American culture. Quile’s “Master of Puppets” sets the bar extremely high for exposing the deteriorating slander that is American culture. His art piece has the right amount of cool colors and beige to make the picture have a serious tone. The picture contains three distinctive children from the age of eight to ten from different ethnic groups. The ethnic groups of the children range from caucasian, Hispanic, and African. Each child represents one of their strongest stereotypes. The Hispanic boy looks to be malnourished because of his ribs protruding out from his sides. He also seemed overworked and …show more content…
Woman everywhere is looked at as eye candy and baby makers. Over the years, the image of a woman hasn’t truly changed for the better. The media’s sexualization of women is inescapable. Sexual images are everywhere from the internet to the streets. American beauty standards for women are set by the media: thin, long legs, toned abs, cleavage, and big hair. Girls growing up in this inescapable trap of sexualization don’t know anything better. Over the years as they grow up, they feel the need to be “sexy” for boys, just to get noticed like the girls in advertisements. The various amount of teenage girls in the world wear extremely revealing clothing for everyone to enjoy. What many female teens don’t understand is why boys (or other girls) always have to think perverted thoughts about them. Media is the very thing to blame. There is so much over sexualized posters, magazines, websites, and even commercials; that it’s almost impossible for everyone not to be brainwashed by the