- Corita Kent, also known as Sister Mary Corita, gained international fame for her vibrant serigraphs during the 1960s and 1970s. A Sister of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, she ran the Art Department at Immaculate Heart College until 1968 when she left the Order and moved to Boston. She was born on November 20th 1918 and died September 18th 1986. She gained international fame during the 60's and 70's for her vibrant graphic designs. She was greatly influenced by her spirituality and desire for world peace and social justice.
Here are one of her designs. The colours used are very bold and stand out more as there are only three colours used. She only used blue, red and white. The typeface used is quite scruffy as if it may have been hand written which reflects the theme of the image well as it is about justice. The colours being red, white and blue are also the colour of the American flag, where she was from.The image in my opinion doesn't need any additional imagery because it is straight to the point. When you first look at it your eyes are drawn to the text which is different colours. I think the hierarchy is in the correct order.I think to create this image it was mostly hand drawn using pens and then taken onto something like illustrator to change it. To make this image more successful i think i would change the background to make it a bit more relevant.“Maybe we are less than our dreams, but that less would make us more than some gods would dream of.” - Sister Corita Kent
Examples of her work.
