English based graffiti artist‚ political activist‚ and film director whose identity is unknown. He is most known for is stencil graffiti which is when an artist uses an outline to produce an image that is easily reproduced. Most people would say that his style is similar to Blek le Rat aka the father of stencil graffiti. Banksy says he was inspired by an artist by the name of 3D. An artist who became one of the founding members of Massive Attack. He started as a freehand artist and said he change to
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Damien Steven Hirst[1] (born 7 June 1965) is an English artist‚ entrepreneur and art collector. He is the most prominent[2] member of the group known as the Young British Artists (or YBAs)‚ who dominated the art scene in Britain during the 1990s.[3] He is internationally renowned‚[4] and is reportedly Britain’s richest living artist‚ with his wealth valued at £215m in the 2010 Sunday Times Rich List.[5][6] During the 1990s his career was closely linked with the collector Charles Saatchi‚ but increasing
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chose to interview the two artists Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein because they demonstrated or show the movement and aspects of pop art through advertising and comic books. Their art displayed many ideas of what is known to be abstract expressions that they expand upon. Rather than focusing on the sublime‚ Warhol incorporated the common and every day of his works‚ emphasizing the connection between creativity and commodity (Mattick1998). Lichtenstein is an artist who is inventive and versatile
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Symbolism in Book III and IV Odyssey One of the noticeable symbols in these two books is the presence of food gatherings and feasts. Organized celebrations are a part of social culture during ancient times. The motives of celebrations are usually various‚ weddings‚ triumph and returns from wars. Gertrude Jobes (Dictionary of Mythology‚ Folklore and Symbolism) describes feast as "anything affording enjoyment to the body or spirit"‚ special festivities were organized for the poor people‚ sometimes
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Ah Xian Artist * Born Beijing‚ 1960 * Xian is regarded as one of the first contemporary artists of his time both in Australia and overseas * Ah Xian grew up during the cultural revolution in china and was trained as an artist specialising in painting * He came to Australia as a visiting student during the 1980’s at the University of Tasmanias school of art * He returned to china shortly before the violent tianimen square massacre in 1989 * Subsequentto this event‚ he decided
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Sake of a Symbol “Symbolism is no mere idle fancy or corrupt degeneration: it is inherent in the very texture of human life.” - Alfred North Whitehead. To symbolize is to represent much like the Cowboy Ethics principle ‘Ride for the Brand’. A brand is a symbol used to mark an object in order to claim it as owned property by the entity the brand is specified to. The knowledge of symbolism has been my north star for what has seemed an infinite amount of time. To me representation and responsibility
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Artist from the Renaissance Bernardo Rossellino (1409-64)‚ born probably in Florence. He worked chiefly as an architect and was responsible for restorations of the Church of San Francesco in Assisi and many churches and palaces in Rome‚ Siena‚ Florence‚ and other cities. His most famous work is the tomb (begun 1444) of the Florentine historian Leonardo Bruni in the Church of Santa Croce in Florence. As a young man he was the apprentice and collaborator of Leone Battista Alberti‚ from whose sketches
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Historical Artist – Sandy Skoglund Admittedly so‚ I knew nothing of Sandy Skoglund or anything about her work. Learning that she was a professor of art really meant nothing to me. Until I looked at her work and how she created it all I had no interest. I learned that Sandy spends 6 months to a year to create her backgrounds. Only then feel her work is ready to allow her models the opportunity to pose for her. In the background she uses‚ she often uses food because she feels it is what people
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leading artists in the world. He is popularly known for his portrait titled “Sugar Shack” which was featured in the 1970s sitcom‚ Good Times. His artistic expressions create uniqueness and imaginative experiences in African American culture. His interest in painting was sparked while browsing through art books when he accompanied his mother to work. He began painting while he attended North Carolina College which is now North Carolina Central University. Aside from being a talented artist‚ he was
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ideas and beliefs. Food is a big part and symbol in The Odyssey. Whatever it may be‚ either poisoned witch-food‚ Helios’s cattle‚ or lotus fruit‚ Everyone is constantly eating. Although throwing a feast for a guest is a common part of hospitality‚ hunger and the consumption of food often have negative associations in the Odyssey. They represent lack of discipline or submission to temptation‚ as when Odyssey tarries in the cave of Cyclops‚ when his men slaughter the Sun’s flocks‚ or when they eat
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