Douglas Coupland is an Candian novelist and artist. His visual work looks into themes like curiosity with the corrupting and seductive dimensions of pop culture and 20th century pop art. Douglas Coupland takes great inspiration from Andy Warhol’s work.
“I think that the way my brain is wired, words and objects are almost exactly equal,” Coupland once explained. “I sensorily detect little difference between the two.”
Micro Manifestos:
“Slogans for the 21st Century” by Douglas Coupland. Douglas used Copenhagen as his personal exhibition when he decided to put up 500 posters overnight. The slogans aim to challenge and describe the thoughts and ideals governing contemporary societies. Coupland also chose slogans that relate to life online and offline. With these slogans he also comments on questioning the media platforms that create our behaviours and interactions, from Facebook to Tinder.
What am I going to take from him?
His visual choice with pixelating certain bits ion his art is an really interesting choice and I would love to incorporate that style choice into my work.
Also in terms of visual, the way that he colour block his piece is definitely something that i will be considering throughout my work.
Aisha Beya 