{"id":4901,"date":"2022-08-23T06:48:23","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T06:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ketemu.org\/?post_type=profile&p=4901"},"modified":"2022-10-03T03:26:35","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T03:26:35","slug":"karim-saad","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/ketemu.org\/profile\/karim-saad","title":{"rendered":"Karim Saad"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Text by Lala Nurlala<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Pop culture is part of culture; it\u2019s in the name, and thus it should be treated as such. Culture is a set of collective intellectual achievements that hold people together. They shape the people\u2019s livelihood, including values and morals. This is what motivated Karim Saad to work on the \u201cReflection of\u201d series, inspired by manga, the colloquial term for Japanese comics.<\/p>

The set that involves three pieces reflects some of Saad\u2019s inspirations. They are arranged in a row, similar to a triptych. The one on the left is \u201cReflection of Naoki Urasawa\u201d. Known for his works \u201c20th Century Boys\u201d and \u201cMonster\u201d, Urasawa\u2019s style is characterized by sharp, thick lines, with little use of cell-shading. In this piece, Karim is depicted with sunglasses, a dark jacket, and a white shirt, with a laidback expression. There is a bike handle peeking out of the bottom left corner. There are two balloon texts: the one on the upper left corner reads \u201cEn esta corta vida, todo lo que quiero es darme cuenta del potencial de mi vida.\u201d which is Spanish for \u201cIn this short life, all I want is to realize the potential of my life.\u201d, while the balloon text on the bottom right corner reads, \u201cAl carajo con lo que digan los dem\u00e1s\u201d, which is Spanish for \u201cTo hell with what others say\u201d.<\/p>

The piece in the middle is titled \u201cReflection of Fujita Kazuhiro\u201d. The manga artist reflected in this piece is known for \u201cUshio & Tora\u201d, and his style is characterised by dramatic, quick lines with no cell shading involved. Here Karim is depicted in a black shirt, gazing at the viewer with an intense glare. There are two balloon texts, but unlike the ones on \u201cNaoki Urasawa\u201d, they are sharp, indicating a yelling tone. The balloon text on the top left reads \u201c\u7121\u610f\u5473\u306a\u751f\u6d3b\u3092\u3057\u305f\u304f\u306a\u3044\u201d which is Japanese for \u201cI don’t want to live a meaningless life\u201d while the balloon text on the bottom right reads, \u201c\u672c\u5f53\u306b\u5145\u5b9f\u3057\u305f\u6e80\u8db3\u306e\u3044\u304f\u4eba\u751f\u3092\u9001\u3063\u305f\u5f8c\u3001\u6b7b\u306b\u305f\u3044\u201d which is Japanese for \u201cI want to die after living a truly full and satisfying life\u201d.<\/p>

On the right hand of the set, we see a piece titled \u201cReflection of Kengo Hanazawa\u201d. Hanazawa has created an award-winning manga named \u201cI Am a Hero\u201d, and his art style takes a much softer form compared to Kazuhiro and Urasawa, but doesn\u2019t fall short on its intensity. Much thinner lines are used and the use of cel-shading presents a more realistic impression that helps to emphasize the intensity of his manga. In this inspired piece, Karim is depicted with a dark-shaded hoodie, with a tired look. There are round bubble texts with the same positioning as the aforementioned pieces. The one on the top left reads, \u201cJe sais que la vie n’a pas de sens inh\u00e9rent\u201d which is French for \u201cI know life has no inherent meaning\u201d, while the one on the bottom right reads, \u201cmerde \u00e7a, donne ton propre sens \u00e0 la vie\u201d which is French for \u201cfuck that, give your own meaning to life\u201d<\/p>

The artists that Saad created a homage of are honers of the gekiga <\/em>style. Wanting manga to reach a wider audience, manga artists in the 1960s and 1970s created a style that is suited to adults with the use of hatching and sharp lines. Their manga would discuss themes of realism, masculinity, and social issues. The three pieces that Saad created illustrates that, creating a harmonious flow between the three manga artists. Saad dedicates the set of drawings of them as the spirit of gekiga<\/em> has influenced his worldview, one that is noticeable is the idea of active nihilism, the belief that there is no meaning to life but there is a desire from active nihilists to put their own meaning into it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Karim Saad Naoki Urasawa Text Balloon <\/em>(2022) digital illustration<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Karim Saad Fujita Kazuhiro Text Balloon <\/em>(2022) digital illustration<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Karim Saad is an Indonesian artist whose work is inspired by the\u00a0Gekiga\u00a0style of Japanese manga, which is\u00a0particularly aimed at adult audiences and\u00a0marked by a more cinematic art style and more mature themes.\u00a0For\u00a0Fandominium<\/em>, Saad presents a series of self-portraits that\u00a0adapt\u00a0the individual styles of several\u00a0Gekiga\u00a0masters, such as\u00a0Osamu Tezuka, Junji Ito and Kazuo Umezu,\u00a0to express particular mind-sets and ideas about challenging self-limiting\u00a0behaviours.\u00a0 Aesthetically, Gekiga is defined by sharp angles, dark\u00a0hatching\u00a0and exaggerated expressions, and thematically, by realism and social engagement.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Karim Saad Text by Lala Nurlala Pop culture is part of culture; it\u2019s in the name, and thus it should be treated as such. Culture is a set of collective intellectual achievements that hold people together. They shape the people\u2019s livelihood, including values and morals. This is what motivated Karim Saad to work on the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4925,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":[],"tags":[],"person_category":[],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":4901},"pll_sync_post":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ketemu.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/4901"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ketemu.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ketemu.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/ketemu.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/4901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5185,"href":"https:\/\/ketemu.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/4901\/revisions\/5185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ketemu.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ketemu.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ketemu.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4901"},{"taxonomy":"person_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ketemu.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person_category?post=4901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}