A History of Caricature: the Art of Exaggeration
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- Let’s look at the history of caricature, the art of drawing exaggerated cartoon pictures of famous people like celebrities, politicians, and movie stars. We’ll look at the style of great artists like Al Hirschfeld, Gerald Scarfe, and Robert Risko among others.
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Caricatures, the flags of the face. Natural topic for you.
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Well put
Well put
You can always count on JJ for making videos on topics you never knew you wanted to know
I hope people enjoy this video I think it’s an interesting story
@@JJMcCullough we do
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@@JJMcCullough Very interesting indeed! Thanks for making the video :).
@@JJMcCullough It is, and we do!
I think also memes have taken over the role caricatures used to have. Hence you can use the same the same template ad infinitum, while a caricature can be only used once.
I anticipate these videos every Saturday
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It's the highlight of my week.
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Quite literally have a jj tradition to follow for every new vid
this video reminded me of the time my high school history teacher wanted us to do editorial caricatures of him. he said go all out and I did but everyone thought I went too far when I included that one of his armpits was always drenched in sweat in the drawing. but he loved it in the end
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Like the political children's books, this is another topic I didn't know I found interesting until you showed me how much there is to see! Thank you!
The lonely Christmas is particularly evocative for anyone who puts their passion and career above daily life, I feel. Having just burned a weekend editing a video, it hit kind of hard.
It is nice not being told to "like, comment and subscribe".
I actually stayed to the very end.
JJ teaches art better than my damn art teacher.
This is way better than typing "what kind of drawing is this called" into Google. I had no idea that all of these different styles all were referred to as "caricatures".
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As a passionate political cartoonist (or at least a person who loves making caricatures... I don't publish them anywhere) I love that topic!!! Thank you. Feel free to cover a lot more drawing and doodling. I regularly go back to your Drawing Presidents -videos! :)
Make another video!
Why did you never go on to create more content for your channel?
Hi J. J. Someone just sent me your video. Thank you for mentioning me. I agree, none of us today can match the brilliance of the giants of the 20th century. But even so, just to be mentioned in the same video as Covarrubias, Hirschfeld, Levine and Scarfe is an honor. I would also suggest you check out the work of the Brazilian caricaturists Cássio Loredano, Paulo Cavalcante, Nássara and J. Carlos.
I wonder often why is it that caricature seems to be loosing relevance in its most simpler, portrait form (it continues to be of use in editorial cartoons). I have noticed that a lot of publications have slowly shifted the briefings of portraits to make them more realistic and less exaggerated. Once a student asked me if that was because of the way we see ourselves on social media today, with filters that smooth our imperfections and photos that only show the best of all of us, even if fake. I wonder if Hirschfeld was right, if celebrities want to look normal today, or if we all want to look like celebrities. Maybe a bit of both, all together in a false depiction of ourselves. Or maybe in the old days artifice was obvious but looked good on camera, and today we have 4K cameras in our pockets that have to be tricked in more nuanced, ubiquitous and pervasive ways. We don't want caricature to remind us of reality. (Also, my feeling is that's happening more in the US, make of that what you will, but maybe they're just ahead of the curve)
That is a very interesting debate that we caricaturists don't have very often, closed in our studios looking outside at a world full of exaggerations, and of people increasingly trying to hide them.
Anyway, you have a new follower. Cheers!
This channel is so underrated, he is so good in what he does.
I'm surprised you didn't mention Scarfe's involvement with The Wall. In all honesty it's probably where most people would recognize his work from today,
There were no caricatures in that so it seemed like a bit of an irrelevant detour
@@JJMcCullough Good point.
@@JJMcCullough Yeah, but he did do some really fun caricatures of the Pink Floyd band members. I was hoping you'd show those.
As predicted by me seeing the thumbnail, another great video. I feel like the videos you talk about one of your hobbies, profession or passion they always end up being your greatest videos ( middle class, pop culture, punditry, conservative movement, media and now, finally, caricatures )
I’ll make a playlist called “JJ’s passions”
@@JJMcCullough agree, u should also do a video involving media, communication or journalism too, u always have some good and unexpected insights
As a guy who loves caricatures and has been drawing caricatures often, I thank you very much for this great video.
I feel the exact same way.
Excuse me is it okay with you if you drop random caricature facts? I have an oral presentation in 3 days and I’ll be infront of 4 judges that will ask me a bunch of questions, so I’d like to know more about it..
Brilliant as always J. J. Well written, brilliantly delivered and researched as always. Your videos are constantly informing me on things I didn't know I was interested in until you presented them. Thank you for broadening my world.
Thanks so much my friend! I think it’s an interesting topic eh? What artist do you like best?
@@JJMcCullough It is amazing, I grew up in the 80s in the US and I remember seeing the movie poster styles that you referenced but the one that really blew me away which I hadn't seen was Philip Burke. The one's of Kirk Cobain and David Bowie were absolutely mesmerizing. I had to stop the video on both of them because they evoke so much emotion and detail about each of them. The one of Cobain was heartbreaking to me because you got a sense of the tortured artist lying underneath the rock persona. Honestly, I'm not sure if I am applying that to the piece retrospectively because of what we know of his life but it really seemed to be there :) . Just a great video all around JJ, it has led me down an interesting rabbit hole which many of your videos do! Thank you sir for all you do!
Could memes or meme-ified images be the spiritual successor? Like taking their place? Also, those single frames memes captured from a video that emphasize a specific concept are kind of like exaggerated features you were mentioning at the end.
I thought about this too. Modern post-ironic memes are a sort of caricature of reality too.
I think that caricature is still alive and well, but just in another medium -- the sound bite. You can take a statement by any famous person and then strip it down to a tweet or a meme. In just a few words you can define a person in their most exaggerated way possible. The exchange rate of a picture being worth a thousand words has been flipped. Now, a single tweet or meme can be worth a person's career.
Gerald Scarfe is an interesting example of a previous political caricature artist whose work was used in the scene of pop culture with the release of The Wall in 1982. Scarfe worked closely with Gilmour and Waters to realize this experimental art to a style of mortifying animation.
I highly recommend giving it a watch, as we don't often see such a vivid rendered style of caricature brought to life, aside from the fucking beautiful music of Pink Floyd the art is so powerful.
I have always loved and been intrigued by caricature. Now I understand why after your eloquent and detailed explanation of the depth and nuance of this art-form and the history. On the face of it, faces are all so similar and yet caricature explodes this premise and shows they are utterly different... but its only the caricaturists who have the skill and finesse to eyeball the differences. Genius!
JJ,
Thanks for all the attention to Mr. Hirschfeld!
As it turns out, I own 3 pieces of his art.
And back in the '80's, I had the honor to meet the artist himself.
Thoroughly enjoyed today's video. I know you put a lot of time and effort into this production.
Fantastic job!
Best regards,
Paul
Thanks! That’s awesome. Who are they of?
@@JJMcCullough
OK, I have 2 etchings and a lithograph of:
1. Art Carney & Jackie Gleason as "Norton & Ralph" (The Honeymooners)
2. Classic Comic Duos: Laurel & Hardy and Abbot & Costello
3. Movieland 1954 - a collage of 75 actors and actresses from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
They are all signed and numbered. If you Google search these descriptions, you'll be able to see exactly what they look like.
My favourite is political cartoonist, Zapiro's rendition of ex South African president, Jacob Zuma. He always portrayed him with a showerhead coming out the top of his head. This was in reference to a rape trial Zuma was embroiled in where he claimed that the sex with the HIV infected victim was consensual. In regards to the fact the victim had HIV, Zuma replied, "I had a shower afterwards."
Zapiro's work is amazing.
Edit: I just looked him up and see that he has been drawing Trump with a Golden Showerhead terminating from his own head. This guy lmao
Hey JJ , You could have add the caricatures drawn by you, they are really cool !
I requested another video
Great dive into an interesting topic I never even new I needed to know about, as always! Thanks JJ :D
I love that you touch on Spitting Image, one of my favorite shows. I’ve enjoyed watching the uploads of it to UA-cam over the last few months
This video is so JJ that I was surprised he hadn’t already made it.
Today I realized my own geekiness was no longer ignorable. I watched a youtube video of OTHER people playing Settlers of Catan, and went "HUH?! YES!" out loud when I saw JJ put out a new 15 minute long video...on the history of caricature. It was a good day.
This is one of my favorite videos of yours. You presented the topic so well and I genuinely feel like I’ve learned something cool about a topic that otherwise would have completely flown under my radar. Big thumbs up
This is one of my favorite videos you've EVER done. :D
EVER??
Good summary of the caricature history, I love that you even included one of my heroes, Olaf Gulbransson. I also would like to make an honourable mention among today's caricaturists: Joaquin Aldeguer from Spain. His minimalistic line works are terrific!
This video is great! I love seeing stuff about my grandpa Al. I was born a year after he passed, wish I could have met him. Theres a few drawings he made of my Nana and parents around the house. I love having the privilege to look at great art even when watching youtube on my couch LOL
Very interesting overview on a topic I had never really thought about. One modern analogue I could see is in some memes: pretty frequently you'll see memes that are pictures or videos of public figures warped in photoshop or via content-aware scaling tools to exaggerate or make grotesque. While frequently used to mock the subject, that isn't their sole use, as they're sometimes just intended as an absurd distortion of reality for comedic effect, with varying levels of creativity and skill.
This topic reminded me of the "Splitting Image". Have you ever seen those?
Oh lol, as I progressed through the video, I find you mentioning it as well. Certainly a show without who's reference this video would've looked a bit incomplete.
@@nuzayerov well I’m glad I didn’t not-do the thing I did.
@@JJMcCullough I believe they have rebooted it
@@nuzayerov As a minor nitpick, I think it's "Spitting Image".
@@seneca983 my dad always calls it “Splitting Image” too. Must be the MANDWLA EFFECF!!
Makes me wonder if one day the tradition of The Official Presidential Portrait will be replaced with only a photograph, or a secondary official photograph, as the first one is prominently displayed at government offices.
A current caricature artist that I like is Ann Telnaes. She works for the Washington Post, and makes political cartoon art similar to the work of Al Hirschfeld. Her rendition of trump is the most grotesque I’ve seen of any political cartoon.
Yeah she really hates him eh? She doesn’t color him orange but rather plays up his rosacea, which is something cartoonists don’t often do.
I adored the video, made me look up all of the artist to look at more of their works
The highlight of my Saturday is and always will be these videos, Thank you for your Hard work J.J.!
This is maybe one of my favourite UA-cam videos to date. It's so fascinating and kind of inspiring, makes me want to buy some markers and try caricaturing my bald, distinctive Premier.
I think a major challenge for 21st century caricaturists is the public's increasing awareness of racial caricature, and the delicacy of creating a caricature of a BIPOC celebrity without triggering that sensitivity.
I think that’s very true
I still find it weird to use the term BIPOC to refer to literally anyone who isn't white since the BI stands for Black and Indigenous, doesn't it?
I always assumed the BI part was to make a distinction between POC to highlight anti-Blackness and such within those who aren't white.
Your glorious hair deserves it's own youtube channel.
I'm so happy that you mentioned André Carrilho. I was going to suggest talking about him.
SUPERB video JJ!! Would love to see more cartoon Art History if it's not already on the docet
Best teacher, i think ill go here everytime i want to learn more of anything
Staying up at 1 am in india to watch this!!!
Did not expect this video. Somehow still exceeded expectation. Great video JJ!
This video brought to mind a video documentary my art student brother made me watch about the recent trend of corporate minimalist art. I think the points brought up in that video about how the rising trend of minimalistic art being far cheaper to make, along with being relatively inoffensive nature fits very nicely with the timeline you showed for the decline of caricature in recent years. It's almost like corporate minimalist art works on the opposite side of the coin, where it exaggerates non-features like race and age so that it can't be traced back to any particular person. Good video J.J.
Was that Solar Sands??
@@JJMcCullough Yup!
Love that BostWiki cameo. Got to know his channel through yours. Keep up the great work!
Just as a comment, not all portraits in the far past were as realistic as the painter could manage. Some had some fun with them. I'm particularly thinking of Giuseppe Arcimboldo who lived in the 1500s and painted numerous portraits where the person's face is made of fruits and vegetables.
Most caricature artists work at amusement parks and parties (little more than clowns producing drawings rather than balloon animals) but they also make excellent animators, Gerald Scrafe's character design has been used in Pink Floyd's The Wall and Disney's Hercules.
Watching jj at 1:30 am india( just like every week) can't sleep without it!!
Your Mario calendar is the only way I have to remember what month it is
One challenge that can also arise is perhaps the fear of insulting people or not being politically correct if ethnic features are too heavily or not well exaggerated.
I can remember seeing stuff like that in Entertainment Weekly for example but it gradually disappeared with each year.
You using SNES sound effects from Super Bomberman and Mario World in such a striking way made my day.
I love how I instantly recognized Gerald Scarfe as the artist for The Wall album art. Very distinct and super cool.
Just wanted to say how much I appreciate your art videos. I hope you keep making more. I feel like this could have been a professor's lecture in art school.
David Low is my favourite UK cartoonist, he had a career spanning from the 1910s to the 60s. I guarantee If you Google him you’d recognise one of his. Victor Weisz or Vicky also made some very iconic cartoons in Britain.
I love caricatures since I was a kid and I wish they do make a comeback even if if that's the only thing I do. I don't think I can make it to the level of the masters but it's good to know how it can be explored in so many different ways I've never thought of. Great vid :)
y'know, i wonder if Caricature is radically different in different countries... for example.. would artists from different countries/cultures/ethnic groups look at the same subject and think different aspects of their appearance was most distinctive and worthy of exaggeration?
That’s an interesting question. When I was in Japan I was impressed by some of the caricatures I saw there which noted subtleties in Asian faces that I think white artists can sometimes be a bit oblivious to, because they often fixate on race as the main distinguishing physical variable when drawing an Asian person. Likewise, in India I’ve noticed a lot of caricatures of Raul Gandhi, who is half white, play up his “white” features because I guess to Indians those are physically noteable.
You always have to look at Hirschfeld's work very closely and carefully. He often, if not always, hid his daughter's name in the picture somewhere: Nina
The name would appear in a sleeve, in a hairdo, or somewhere in the background, hiding her name at least once in each of his drawings. The number of NINAs concealed is shown by the number written to the right of his signature. Generally, if no number is to be found, either NINA appears once or the drawing was completed before she was born.
Ive been going down a jj rabbit hole and I must say I’ve enjoyed this style of commentary displayed on almost every aspect of topics, specifically tho on the subject of politics, something I’ve had a less than an enthusiastic time digesting in any form… until I came upon jj :) thank you for your videos 👍🏽
Hey JJ, while I was watching the video I thought about the digital artist Beeple, he makes 3D renderings of people like Musk, the Pope and many others you should check it out. For me this is the most famous caricaturist of our age. Great video as always!
I have now found a new interest in fixing up my drawing skills. Thanks!
Glad you mentioned Cowles: I always thought his geomatric-cutout style was amazingly effective in its simplicity. But Al Hirschfeld is the true magician. Recommend documentary "The Line King." How did he do it!
Hell, the art of Dr Robotnik on your shelf is a caricature of Theodore Roosevelt.
15:31 between this clip and all the weird mispronunciations, I am convinced JJ is some kind of alien
Very well researched and fascinating, JJ!
I love this video and the other one you did about minimalistic caricatures. Can you also do a video on self portraits - or self caricatures? I wonder how the caricaturists' self depiction may be different than when they are drawing other people.
Love the video. If I could I request a future addition. Could you put the artist (personalities) name in the description. The art that you shows is beautiful 😻 love to look at more of their art
really interesting, though I think caricature is still popular in Britain, particularly in newspapers who still publish their daily very detailed cartoon. But also on the radio were they still have shows doing exaggerated satirical impressions of politicians and other celebrities voices which still seems to have a big market
This sounds like another great topic for one of your award winning "around the world" videos. Brazil has had many fantastic charicaturists and I bet most other countries have them too.
Turn around time is a factor too.
If a good caricature takes a week, a few days or a day to complete how many clicks will it receive compared to a photo or film downloaded instantly?
That last theory is really fascinating. It is true that celebrities have become much more tamed. Compare an Ed Sheeran to any pop star from the 1980s. Interesting.
JJ can you make that video covering the second half of the 'I drew world leaders of the 20th century' video. It was super interesting learning about some of the lesser known ones and the cartoon style was interesting as well
Darn, I wish I had ya as my visual art professor. You've made the subject come to life!
Tom Richmond was a huge inspiration for me and he still makes great caricatures today
Some interesting stuff here about the history of my favourite art form! If I may, I think if respect for caricature as an art form has declined, part of the blame has to go to the adaptation of caricatures as a theme park/ party novelty. I’m not saying those are bad, but it does put the idea in many people’s minds that that’s primarily what caricatures are for.
Yeah I think that’s part of it for sure. And frankly those people all suck so there’s less appreciation for how high the quality can actually be.
@@JJMcCullough I love both of your caricature videos! JJ, there has been a movement in the last 15 or so years to improve the art form and bringing the themes you discussed in this video to a live setting. There has been a book printed; The Ultimate Guide to Modern Live Caricature and a Documentary filmed; American Caricature. The global organization ISCA has played a big part in connecting the community and inspiring the growth of many great live caricature artists. Hope you take a dive in sometime, I know you'd appreciate it more!
Do you have any favorite live caricature artists that you're aware of?
@@boakes888 Live? I'd probably say Damon Renthrope, Manvel Avetysian, Kiko Yamada.
@@JJMcCullough I never saw this reply until now. Are you saying all live caricaturists suck? Or that the people who think of caricature as a theme park novelty all suck?
As always, STELLAR! And as always, one of my favorite things about you is that I can never guess when you’ll pronounce something different than me. Your pronunciation of “Indonesia” and “Bowie” are fascinating to hear!
I love this!! I think its a style that still exists but because the world is smaller because of social media... I feel famous artists are short lived and there are too many styles of art/no such thing as trends? I wonder if there will be no more mainstream famous artists/trends anymore in the future? After youtube came out... I feel like there is a decline of interest of famous people?
I love art topics! Please make more! Thank you JJ!
That Sebastian Krüger stuff looked awesome
A friend rang the other day and spoke words that should answer your question. He growled with frustration about how every actor and actress looks alike. I replied with... Do you remember Barney Miller? We laughed and spoke fondly Fish and Jack Soo. All of them different and so delightful/ Miss real people/
What happened to the Iconic "Hello Friends, my name is JJ"?
No time!!!
@@JJMcCullough, oh.
Brilliant survey - I'd love to see more of this style of video !!
What style do you mean??
@@JJMcCullough sorry that was quite a vague comment haha - I guess either specifically about art history and caricature or more generally these surveys of the development of a specific cultural/artistic strand over the years. But that's not to say I don't really enjoy ur channel generally though ofc, ur doing great work!
Great video ! Awesome straightforward explanation with lots of pictures. I need both of those with my short attention span.
Another award winning video! Educational and entertaining!
Hey J.J., I'd really like to see a video of yours about the political leaning of art (since it also kinda relates to this video's topic) in regards to how most art leans either liberal or left while conservative leaning art is often, well, even hard to find to begin with
Gerald Scarfe was also the animator on The Wall, so he has had a pretty impressive and varied career.
I am Indian in Canada and I just love your channel. It's so informative and definitely one of the best Canadian youtube channel
Love the new Gençliğe Hitabe on the back
Another award-winning video by JJ (even if the award is for "best video I watched this week before going to sleep", still deserves an award)
Great video! I discovered many artists I didn’t know about, I especially love the work of Maria Picasso I Piquer
This is awesome! I'd love to see more videos on aspects of culture like the arts. Well done, J.J.
Wow! You put a lot of work into this video. Great job! My favorite caricatures are of Jimmy Carter.
Even before the Pandemic, I looked forward to a JJ production to elevate my mood and give me something entertaining but informative. After the isolating effects of the pandemic began, this became more important. This video, though, while entertaining and informative, is a much more thought provoking essay, combining history, culture and art in a masterful production. Thank you JJ for your work.
Hearing you talk about so many of these people, especially Szyk and Hirshfeld makes me so happy as a Jew ❤️
To add to the point about less distinct features among celebrities today, there are also simply *more* celebrities today, especially including the older ones still in cultural memory. This means that there are more celebrities who look much more alike, and the space of possible ‘looks’ is becoming more crowded. The fact that generic looks and a lack of ‘gimmicks’ (outside the minority of Weird Als, Lady Gagas, Ru Pauls and Boris Johnsons) just makes this even harder.
Hey J.J! Will you ever post a set tour where you explain each of the knick-knacks behind you?
Not sure if his work counts, but Miguel Vasquez (@Itsmiketheboxer on the tweeter) is the dude who makes the disturbing 3D models of memes and 2000s/2010s stuff that you see around every once and a while.
4:40 I learned just recently that Hirschfeld's did drawings of my grandma (Frances Sternhagen) and one of his last included my dad in Mamma Mia around 2001/2002!