David Carson (born September 8, 1954) is an American graphic designer, art director and surfer. He is best known for his innovative magazine design, and use of experimental typography. He worked as a sociology teacher and professional surfer in the late 1970s. From 1982 to 1987, Carson worked as a teacher in Torrey Pines High School in […]
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Ed Ruscha works in a very open-ended way exploiting tension between images and text that often seem rather arbitrary in their juxtaposition, making the viewer make their own connections and interpretations. His approach is mainly aesthetic – interested in abstract potential of words against abstract design underlying his photographs and paintings. Some commentators on the […]
http://www.barbarakruger.com https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/barbara-kruger/ https://ago.ca/exhibitions/barbara-kruger-contact-2010 Most important element is the political content, making it clear and bold, though often based on enigmatic images and comntradiction. She works visually with text usually short quotes in bold typeface eg futura, and uses black, white and ‘lipstick’ red, sometimes other bold colours or limited palettes. Sometimes in caps, sometimes lower […]
http://www.ianhamiltonfinlay.com https://www.victoria-miro.com/ Wikipedia Ian Hamilton Finlay, CBE (28 October 1925 – 27 March 2006) was a Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener. Born in Nassau, Bahamas his family moved back to Scotland. At the age of 13, with the outbreak of the Second World War, he was evacuated to family in the countryside. He was educated at Dollar Academy, in Clackmannanshire and […]
http://www.baldessari.org “What motivates me is the elusive quality if trying to get things right….art is the only thing that gets me close to understanding what the universe is all about.” John Anthony Baldessari (born June 17, 1931) is an American conceptual artist known for his work featuring found photography and appropriated images. Initially a painter, Baldessari began to […]
Make Art not War https://www.tate.org.uk/art/images/work/T/T12/T12561_10.jpg Fluxus Movement
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