Artist

After reading “A Hunger Artist” by Franz Kafka, which talks about a hunger artist who is extremely popular for starving himself in a cage for forty days around cities in Europe. Out of nowhere, the hunger artist loses his popularity and his audience. The hunger artist than fires his manager and joins a large circus where he later dies in a cage of what seem to be starvation. When most people see a mental ill person they automatically assume the worst. Mental illness can range from a variety of…

) Identify the work. Who is the artist? The title? The date? Do you know the medium that was used? Artist: Nathan Oliveira Title: Stage #2 with Bed Date: 1967 Medium: Oil 2) If the artist is known, are we aware of anything about the artist's life or personality that may have affected his/her creation of the work? Nathan Joseph Mendonca Roderick, born in Oakland in Dec 1928, was the only child of Elvera Furtado and Joseph Roderick, natives of Portugal whose short-lived marriage was shattered…

will discuss how the artist Alexey Steele, has used the human form as an integral part of his art making. Alexey Steele was born in 1967, in Kiev, Ukraine he is currently forty-nine years old. When he was younger, he worked with his Father a well-known Russian painter, Leonid Steele in an art studio. He then continued his art education in Moscow, at the Art Institute of the Soviet Academy of Arts, during this time he was able to work with Illia Glazunov an international artist. He moved to…

of formal training. Rousseau managed to create imaginative and brilliant pieces based solely on his own intuition and natural skill. There reality of Rousseau’s early life is a bit foggy due to the great mythos that surrounds the artist, in large part due to the artist himself. Rousseau was born in Laval, a town in the province of Mayenne in western France. His family was relatively poor and so Rousseau entered the workforce immediately after he finished school. Rousseau spent a small time in…

Makeup artists have been around as long as the theater has. For centuries, both males and females have used makeup to alter their appearance or enhance their own features (Sokanu). In theater and film, makeup artists are essential to have to create special effects makeup on the actors. Makeup artists can work in different areas of their field. There are artists that work for a company, whether that is a film company or a photography company and there are artists that freelance with their own…

Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Victor Hugo, Mozart a few of the most transcendental artist in the history of the world. Many are the one trying to understand the meaning of their works, but only a few know the real way to interpret their master pieces. Nowadays, anyone can judge a work of art, but mostly the critics, people whose work is to know, explorer, and understand the artists’ works know how to perfectly do it. Through the history of mankind many of these painters, musicians,…

I have been an artist almost all my life and more recently I have become a serious and driven academic as well. When I was a little girl I dreamed of becoming many things: a chef, a teacher, and a librarian among the lengthy list. Becoming a leading contemporary art practitioner and researcher in a world that is more connected than ever, however, had no place in the dreams of that little girl. Instead, it was an ambition released by a woman halfway through the second year of her Bachelors when…

was unveiled first in Berlin’s Martin-Gropius Bau museum. These two art installations convey similar meaning, however using unconventional materials and construction/assembly of the installations. I wanted to document my initial thoughts on both the artist and the chosen art installations before researching in-depth. Upon first viewing and looking at Ai Wei Wei’s art in general, I did not have an immediate connection. I was very turned off with many of his pieces while trying to narrow down what…

While attending SUVA I want to surround myself in the company of other artists who are just as passionate about their work as I am. I want to be inspired to be an overall better person and encourage others to do the same. My goal is to step out of my comfort zone and challenge myself. Even if I fail, I can learn to improve where I have previously been unsuccessful. I want to prove to myself that I can accomplish anything if I put my mind and heart to it. Art is more than just a hobby. It is a…

Banksy, a street artist, has become an inspiration to many people worldwide. He has also become a hated person for his graffiti. He comes from Bristol, England and makes his artworks throughout the globe. For his artworks he mainly uses stencils. He also uses appropriation in some of his artwork to display a deeper meaning to them. This week we have an interview with the man himself, Banksy. Interviewer: Some critics and writers believe you are not an artist but a vandal. This includes Charles…