Other Flashcards
Akira Toriyama
1955- Japanese artist - Created mangas Dr. Slump (1980) y Dragon Ball (1984) - Character designer for games like Dragon Quest y Chrono Trigger
Ana Mendieta
1948-1985 Cuban-American performance artist - Best known for her “earth-body” artwork, esp. her Silueta Series (1973–1980), where she created silhouettes of her form in nature, using leaves, sand, blood, etc.
Aubrey Beardsley
1872-1898 English illustrator - Known for drawings in black ink, influenced by the style of Japanese woodcuts, emphasizing the grotesque, the decadent, y the erotic - Contributed to the development of the Art Nouveau y Poster styles - The Peacock Skirt (1893); The Stomach Dance (1893); The Dancers Reward
Banksy
England-based graffiti artist, political activist y film director of unverified identity - Active since early 90’s, working mostly with street graffiti - Known for Dismaland theme park (2015); film Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010); One Nation Under CCTV mural (2008)
Barbara Kruger
1945- American conceptual artist y collagist from NJ - Works consist of black-and-white photographs overlaid with declarative captions - I Work Therefore I Am (1987); Your Body is a Battleground (1985); You’ve Got Money to Burn (1987-pic)
Charles Dana Gibson
1867-1944 American illustrator - Created the Gibson Girl, an iconic representation of the beautiful and independent American woman at the turn of the 20th century - Published in Life magazine for over 30 years, then became editor y owner
Chris Burden
1946-2015 American performance artist from Boston - Known for pieces like Shoot (1971-shot in arm by assistant); Trans-Fixed (1974-crucified on car); Porsche With Meteorite (2013-pic); Metropolis (2011)
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
1935-2009 from Bulgaria y Morocco - A married couple who created environmental works of art - Known for the wrapping of the Reichstag in Berlin (1995-Berlin), y the Pont-Neuf bridge in Paris (pic); Valley Curtain (1972-Colorado); Umbrellas (1991-Japan); Running Fence in Sonoma CA; The Gates in Central Park
Currier and Ives
American printmaking firm in NYC (1834-1907) - Headed by Nathaniel Currier (1813–88) y James Merritt Ives (1824–95) - Described as “Publishers of Cheap and Popular Prints” - Produced approx 7500 lithographs in 72 yrs, with themes representing every phase of American life
Damien Hirst
1965- English conceptual artist - Member of the Young British Artists group - The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living (1991-shark in formaldehyde); For the Love of God (2007-human skull encrusted in diamonds); The Golden Calf - Set record for one-artist auction at his show Beautiful Inside My Head Forever in 2008 - One of richest artists worldwide
Frans Masereel
1889-1972 Flemish graphic artrist from Belgium - Known for his woodcut artwork y his wordless novels - 25 Images of a Man’s Passion (1918); Passionate Journey (1919); The City (1925)
Gustave Doré
1832-1883 French engraver, illustrator, y printmaker - Made illustrations for the Bible (1866), Don Quixote, The Raven, Paradise Lost, The Divine Comedy - His illustrations became so popular, they influenced subsequent ideas of how the characters look
Jack Kirby
1917-1994 American comic book artist from NYC - Worked for both DC Comics y Marvel (with Stan Lee) - Co-created Captain America (1941), Fantastic Four (1961), X-Men (1963), Hulk (1962), Iron Man (1963); Thor (1962), y Silver Surfer (1966)
Jean-Michel Basquiat
1960-1988 American artist from Brooklyn - Became famous for graffiti y street art during late 1970s - Poison Oasis (1971); Horn Players (1983); Dustheads; Bird on Money - Known for his crown logo
Jeff Koons
1955- American artist from PA - Balloon Dog (1994-pic); Three Ball Total Equilibrium Tank; Puppy (1992); Michael Jackson and Bubbles (1988) - Known for working with popular culture subjects, y for reproductions of banal objects
Jenny Holzer
1950- American neo-conceptual artist from OH - Works feature the delivery of words y ideas in public spaces, such as billboards, projections on buildings, y illuminated LED displays - Under a Rock (1986); Please Change Beliefs (1995); For the City (2005)
Louis Comfort Tiffany
1848-1933 American artist y designer from NYC - Known for stained glass made in the Art Nouveau style - Patented the process for designing Favrile Glass, a kind of iridescent art glass - Design Director at his family company, Tiffany & Co., founded by his father Charles Lewis Tiffany
Marina Abramovic
1946- Serbian performance artist - Rhythm 0 (1974-sat passively as audience used objects on her); The Artist is Present (2010-sat silent as audience members sat across from her); Seven Easy Pieces (2005-performed seven pieces from other artists)- Many collaborations with artist Ulay: Rest Energy (1980-an arrow held at her chest-pic); Breathing In Breathing Out (only breathed through each others mouths)
M(aurits) C(ornelis) Escher
1898-1972 Dutch artist - Known for mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs, y mezzotints - Hand with Reflecting Sphere (1935-pic-aka Self-Portrait in Spherical Mirror); Relativity (1953); Waterfall (1961)
Osamu Tezuka
1928-1989 Japanese manga artist y cartoonist from Osaka - Called the “the father of manga” - Created the manga series Astro Boy (1952); Kimba the White Lion (1950); Black Jack (1973); y Phoenix (1967) - Considered the Japanese equivalent to Walt Disney
Ralph Steadman
1936- British illustrator - Known for his work with Hunter S. Thompson on Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1971); The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved (1970); The Curse of Lono - Other illustrations on Alice in Wonderland; Treasure Island; Withnail and I (1987)
Robert Crumb
1943- American cartoonist from PA - Founded underground publication Zap Comix - Fritz the Cat comic strip (1965-72) - Keep on Truckin’ comic
(Frank) Shepard Fairey
1970- American street artist y graphic designer from SC - Known for the Andre the Giant Has a Posse street art campaign (since 1989), y the related OBEY series - Designed the Barack Obama “Hope” poster (2008)
Thomas Nast
1840-1902 German-born American caricaturist y editorial cartoonist - Considered to be the “Father of the American Cartoon” - Associated with the magazine Harper’s Weekly from 1859-1886 - Works often attacked Boss Tweed y Tammany Hall, y supported figures like Lincoln y Grant - Credited with creating the modern image of Santa Claus
Tracey Emin
1963- English artist - Known for her confessional artwork - Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963-1995 (1995-set up in a tent); My Bed (1998-her own disheveled bed) - Member of Young British Artists group known for their shock tactics
Vito Acconci
1940-2017 American performance artist, landscape architect, y designer from NYC - City of Words (1999-pic); Face of the Earth (1988); Crash (1985) - Known for his early performance art, Following Piece (1969-followed people around the city); Seedbed (1972-masturbated under the floor of his exhibit while speaking to visitors)
Will Eisner
1917-2005 American cartoonist from NYC - The Spirit (1940–1952); A Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories (1978 - popularized the term “graphic novel”); Comics and Sequential Art (1985) - One of the earliest American comic book artists, starting in the 1930s
Yayoi Kusama
1929- Japanese conceptual artist - Known for her Infinity Mirror rooms (pic); polka dot motifs; y pumpkin sculptures - Worked in NYC during the 1960s as part of the pop-art y hippie movements
