The Pandemic Of Systematic Marionettes Analysis

America is known to be the super power country in the world. We are known by other countries to have a prosperous and well developed country. However, as great as America is there has been conflicting feuds within this country for centuries. One of the main conflicts that America has is the battle between the whites and the colored. Usually feuds happen because there is someone controlling and causing these problems. Brian Kirhagis is an artist in the 21st that heavily portrays his art about the complicated aspects of our society. In one of his works called "The Pandemic of Systematic Marionettes", seems to portray Uncle Sam as the puppeteer controlling the other factors or the system that causes the colored and the white to feud. "The Pandemic
This depicts the white history that has been built off of the backs of the black. If you look closely, the eraser on that black book in the lower left says "Colonialism". This is to depict that the idea of colonialism in the world is exploiting and erasing the history of the people in different places. On another pillar, you see microphones that are quite similar to that of a News Reporter. If you look closely, you can see the small drawings of a fox and an eye, representing Fox News and Eyewitness News. Biased news stations that always seems to be exploiting something or someone for a "good" story. On the "floor" in the painting, two babies are seen. One black and one white. They are sitting in each other's company, right below the arm wrestle happening in the middle of the painting. Unknowing of racism, oppression, and hatred. They are just peacefully being which can represent the idea that people are not born believing they are superior to one another, believing in prejudices and hatred. We are taught those things, by people who have been taught them as well. The baby on the right is knocking down one of the pillars with a pencil. The pillar with money, a credit card and an EBT card resting on top. This could represent the economic depression in the black communities around the
This symbolizes not only the massive amount of police brutality throughout America, but the weight that the police hold in society. In the background, other pillars can be seen with a location point and some representations of media. By using the media as a pillar, BK is trying to convey that a vast majority of opinions have been swayed by the media. In addition, BK is saying that we live in an age where media is such a big deal that everybody relies on it. It's one of the pillars in every community, not just select ones. By using movies and sports specifically, Kirhagis shows that even the media is divided. When you think of sports, you think of football and basketball. He specifically used a football, a predominantly black sport. By using movies, he is specifically using a predominantly white profession, both depicting strong racial