Comments on: Wilfrid Wood http://drawn.ca/archive/wilfrid-wood/ llustration, Comics, Animation, and Cartoon Art Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:52:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Oluseyi http://drawn.ca/archive/wilfrid-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-590008 Oluseyi Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:24:53 +0000 http://drawn.ca/2008/04/01/wilfrid-wood/#comment-590008 I'm going to pass on commenting on "Jefferson," being myself an African. I find Wilfrid's fabrication/sculpting and painting impressive, but the characterizations underwhelm. Caricatures of stereotypes - the protruding lipped, near-buck toothed, slit eyed Asian female; the small-headed swimmer - and dysmorphic imaginative blobs... I really like the work, but I'm not too taken by the ideas behind it. I’m going to pass on commenting on “Jefferson,” being myself an African. I find Wilfrid’s fabrication/sculpting and painting impressive, but the characterizations underwhelm. Caricatures of stereotypes – the protruding lipped, near-buck toothed, slit eyed Asian female; the small-headed swimmer – and dysmorphic imaginative blobs… I really like the work, but I’m not too taken by the ideas behind it.

]]> By: Oluseyi http://drawn.ca/archive/wilfrid-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-699391 Oluseyi Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:24:00 +0000 http://drawn.ca/2008/04/01/wilfrid-wood/#comment-699391 I'm going to pass on commenting on "Jefferson," being myself an African. I find Wilfrid's fabrication/sculpting and painting impressive, but the characterizations underwhelm. Caricatures of stereotypes - the protruding lipped, near-buck toothed, slit eyed Asian female; the small-headed swimmer - and dysmorphic imaginative blobs... I really like the work, but I'm not too taken by the ideas behind it. I’m going to pass on commenting on “Jefferson,” being myself an African. I find Wilfrid’s fabrication/sculpting and painting impressive, but the characterizations underwhelm. Caricatures of stereotypes – the protruding lipped, near-buck toothed, slit eyed Asian female; the small-headed swimmer – and dysmorphic imaginative blobs… I really like the work, but I’m not too taken by the ideas behind it.

]]> By: Jed Alexander http://drawn.ca/archive/wilfrid-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-589708 Jed Alexander Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:09:08 +0000 http://drawn.ca/2008/04/01/wilfrid-wood/#comment-589708 I thought some of these were very clever, but then I saw this one: http://www.wilfridwood.com/image/246.jpg Which kind of disturbs me. It appears to be a gentleman of African descent with the colorful features of a babboon, titled "Jefferson". Since the portrayal of Africans as simians or simian-like has historically been associated with racism, this seems like a very bad idea. Whether intentional or not, I really don't think I'm reading into things here. I thought some of these were very clever, but then I saw this one:

http://www.wilfridwood.com/image/246.jpg

Which kind of disturbs me. It appears to be a gentleman of African descent with the colorful features of a babboon, titled “Jefferson”. Since the portrayal of Africans as simians or simian-like has historically been associated with racism, this seems like a very bad idea. Whether intentional or not, I really don’t think I’m reading into things here.

]]> By: Jed Alexander http://drawn.ca/archive/wilfrid-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-699390 Jed Alexander Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:09:00 +0000 http://drawn.ca/2008/04/01/wilfrid-wood/#comment-699390 I thought some of these were very clever, but then I saw this one: http://www.wilfridwood.com/image/246.jpg Which kind of disturbs me. It appears to be a gentleman of African descent with the colorful features of a babboon, titled "Jefferson". Since the portrayal of Africans as simians or simian-like has historically been associated with racism, this seems like a very bad idea. Whether intentional or not, I really don't think I'm reading into things here. I thought some of these were very clever, but then I saw this one:

http://www.wilfridwood.com/image/246.jpg

Which kind of disturbs me. It appears to be a gentleman of African descent with the colorful features of a babboon, titled “Jefferson”. Since the portrayal of Africans as simians or simian-like has historically been associated with racism, this seems like a very bad idea. Whether intentional or not, I really don’t think I’m reading into things here.

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