@article{2018,title={REFLECTIONS OF CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN THE LOCAL GRAPHIC ARTS},abstractNode={This article investigated the reflections of contemporary social and political issuesin Graphic Art made by contemporary Jordanian artists. The article is significant because it analyzed methods conducted by artists in representing their local culture in contemporary Graphic Art. Artists combined concepts of contemporary art with their local emerging issues from society, when their artworks expressed their own cultural identities in creative and contemporary trends. The current issues appeared in different symbols and meanings in art when artists and critics investigated it; however this article is considerable because it highlighted artists confronting the dilemma of combining cultural heritage with contemporary art values. The Jordanian artist focused on own cultural values when encountering today's dilemmas to transform their cultural identities into contemporary trends.},author={Mohammad Khalid Mousa Al-Dhyabat-- Mohammed Baker MOHAMMED AL-ABBAS - Fuad Iyad KHASAWNEH},year={2018},journal={The Journal of Academic Social Science}}