You might or might not remember that one point in life when you asked your parents about the meaning of this sign, but for a sign like this you will need a guidance at least to really know what's its meaning.
On the other hand, iconic is a mode in which the signifier is perceived as resembling or imitating the signified as being similar in possessing some of its qualities. For example a portrait of William Shakespeare below;
The message can be perceived easily by anyone. It is a drawing of William Shakespeare.
Few weeks ago I came across this interesting painting, painted by a Malaysian artist, Keng Seng Choo.
It is the transformation from iconic which is the birds pecking on the lower side of the painting to something more arbitrary on the middle-left area on the painting which expresses movement of the bird that I found very unique.
for the painting of Keng Seng Choo, we can notice that is a transformation from iconic to arbitrary or is also can be a painting which have a combination of realistic and futurist. For the pigeon that pick on the food look so real and slowly the artist add some abstract line painting to symbolize the movement of the bird which is similar to the concept of futurist.
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