10233Stunning graphite drawings by Melissa Cooke
Her artist statement:
“The “Vacuum” series humors society’s fascination with violence, death and insanity. In these drawings, I create a tortured persona in order to embody the stereotype of the tragic artist. I exaggerate the characteristics of the crazy, unstable, melancholic artist in order to question its glorification and validity.
The clear plastic bag also serves as a technical challenge. Shine and smoothness dissolve into distressed, scratchy marks.” - Melissa Cooke
Frederic Lezmi “Poor Politicians” - photographs taken with his Iphone camera of 28 vandalized political posters he discovered while walking the streets of Kosovo.
Lux Craft Exhibition
Authorship: Compare and Contrast
Brilliant and inspirational works by Xia Xiaowan (images 1-7) and Nobu Nakanishi (images 8-10)
I went to Chicago this past weekend and I was able to go to the Museum of Contemporary Art. I wanted to share with you some of the contemporary artwork I was able to see. Most, if not all, of the artwork at the MoCA was minimalist.
Artists include:
Alan Sonfist (image 2)
Donald Judd (image 3, 5)
Robert Smithson (image 4)
Oscar Tuazon (image 9, 10)
Artists include:
Adara Sanchez Aguiano (image 1, 2)
Egon Schiele (image 3)
Henryk Lobaczewski (image 4)
Sharon Sprung (image 5)
Using silhouettes
Works by:
Kara Walker (Image 1, 2, 3)
Charmaine Olivia (Image 4, 5)
Kazuki Takamatsu (Image 6, 7, 8)
Tim Noble and Sue Webster (Image 9, 10)
Artists include:
Yinka Shonibare (image 1)
John Galliano (image 3)
Hubert de Givenchy (image 4)
Michael Parkes (image 5)
Eugenio Recuenco (image 6)
Works by:
Jenny Saville (image 1, 5, 7, 10)
Paul Wright (image 2, 4)
Lucian Freud (image 3, 6)
Tom Deininger (image 8)
