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Art Exchange: Surabaya Cairo
ChicagoSIS Advanced ArtArt Exchange Unit
Ms. BrodySemester II 2013
PPT 2/2
Artists as Examples
Marcel Duchamp(1887-1968)
• Famous for creating “Readymades”– ordinary manufactured objects that the artist
selected and modified, as an antidote to the eye rather than the mind
• Visual and Material Culture are combined to ask the viewer to look deeper into what defines art.
• “The Fountain” (1917) famous artwork
Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
• Leading figure in the Pop Art movement in 1950’s
• Challenged traditional fine art with using mass produced objects and images in pop culture
• Visual culture becomes the subject of the artwork
Jeff Koons (1955-present)
• Post-Pop Artist (similar to Warhol) • Sculptures are balloon animal like• Creates large sculptures taken from everyday
objects in visual culture
Shepard Fairey (1970-present)
• Street Artist• Famous for “Obey” and “Hope” images• Work based off Soviet propaganda• Fuses visual culture and politics together
Louise Nevelson (1899-1988)
• American sculptor known for her monumental, monochromatic, wooden wall pieces and sculptures
• Use found objects (mostly wood) and assembled them into one piece
Kurt Schwitter (1887-1948)
• German painter• worked in several genres and media, including: Dada,
Constructivism, Surrealism, poetry, sound, painting, sculpture, graphic design, typography and what came to be known as installation art.
• Most famous for his collages, called Merz Pictures.
Candy Jernigan (1962-1991)
• “Collection artist”• Documented any and all physical “proof” of being in
a place= evidence• Took everyday objects people see over and over and
created a statement with making them into art
Joseph Cornell (1903-1972)
• American artist: sculptor & film maker• Pioneer in assemblage art• Work is composed of found objects collected
and display in wood boxes• No formal art training
Art Project Assignment
• You will be creating a personal narrative using the visual culture images and small material culture objects from the homework assignment
• Inside your box, you will carefully arrange and glue the visual culture images and small material culture objects into the box keeping in mind a successful composition.
• We will discuss how you will arrange and/or compartmentalize the box and your documentation.