Death Trap, Manfred Zylla Flashcards
Medium & technique
Pencil diptych
Subject matter & composition
Top half= truck with a distorted box filled with shooting policemen squashed into a confines space while they happily laugh and smirk showing no remorse for their doings
Bottom half = shows how wheels of truck drive over images of human shadows
Square image below truck on top of black figures.
Shadows symbol
The people who were killed and injured that day
Blocked image
Drawing of Michael Miranda with only a head visible. Photograph from Zylla at the funeral
Diptych format
Distinguish between the perpetrators on top from victims below
Mood/atmosphere
Scratchy pencil marks helo create feeling of discomfort
Theme
Effect of the young people im brutalized society
Colour & tone
Monochromatic & strongly contrasting tones
