Artists

Jean Michel Basquiat once said "I don't think about art when I'm working. I try to think about life. " He did many graffiti art that showed his views on racial discrimination and lines between poverty and the rich. His work is very erratic and colourful, combining his painting with poetry that expressed his views in politics. His work is very powerful and includes loose lines creating a look as if a child had scribbled on it too. 


 The Guerrilla Girls are a group of female activists that use art and humour to expose gender and racial discrimination. They use words and "outrageous" images to get their messages across. These poster like artwork is very strong and sassy that even surprises me at times as they help educate me on areas that i may not know about. 



Carolee Schneemann was an American artist who used the body to express feminist art. She sticks to a black and white colour scheme which conveys an oppressed feeling. Her work is very interesting as in body position and what she includes in the surroundings. For instance the broken umbrella contrast how she is still standing strong and the leaf in the background makes me think of a new life. 





Kara Walker is a silhouettist, print maker and contemporary painter who explores race, gender, sexuality, violence, and identity in her artwork. I find her images very fascinating as she takes on a historic design in her art but continues to be modern with the bold silhouette work. It creates this interesting complex with how society has/ not changed over the years. 


 Marion Toy is a conceptual artist that combines everyday objects with aesthetic colour schemes. I like her work as it is very pleasing and kind of like pop fun. The bright colours help make a topia like world that seems like constant fun and very quirky with the unusual outcomes in some of her work. 


John Baldessari artwork was very imaginative colliding mundane realism with bright unusual pop art like style. His work creates an interesting concept with the lack of individuality in the world, however how he chooses to add this unique style in, that helps make things stand out, also prevents a sort of individuality as, for instance, these colourful circles cover the faces of the people.  



Tamara de Lempicka was a polish painter in the 1920s and 30s. Her paintings of women are very bright and capture this stylish sense with the block lines incorporated in her work. This painting here was what caught my eye as the style and the girl herself is very beautiful. i've always loved 20s fashion and this piece here really captures the beauty and power within the women.