Boris Sveshnikov

Boris Sveshnikov
Title:Sleeping Grashopper
c. 1982


 Boris Sveshnikov was a Moscow based abstractionist.  He was arrested at age 19 for suspicious activities regarding eliminating Joseph Stalin.  After his release Boris returned to Moscow and became a painter/illustrator.  His style is referred to as Socialist Realism.  His work tends to be macabre and reveal tombstones and paranoid people.

Jules Breton

Artist: Jules Breton
Medium: oil
Title: Dawn

French Realist painter Jules Breton was born on May 1827.  His paintings are heavily influenced by the french countryside.  He was one of the best known French painters for his time.  He was also a recognized writer and poet.

Caspar David Friedrich

Caspar David Friedrich was a German Romantic Landscape painter.  This painting is called "cross". He created landscape paintings which reflected landscapes for there subject matter.  He rarely added other subjects into his artwork.

Franz Messerschmidt

Born in Germany Franz Messerschmidt mader bronze busts of extremely realistic and distorted facial expressions.  These expressions are usually connected to paranoid emotions that the artist felt.  All his work was completed in the early 18th century.

John Bacon

Title: Sr Thames
 Born in Southwalk, England John Bacon did sculptures from age 14.  He began working with porcelian at a very young age.  He also worked in stonework and marble carving. He was an 18th Century sculptor.

Kylo Chua

 

  Kylo Chua created a contemporary piece called “Will We Just Watch?” The sculpted artwork reveals a tsunami  flowing wildly into an active society. It is constructed out of 3-D glass and symbolizes both a natural and glossy feel. Kylo is a Phillipine born sculptor.

Marcel Duchamp

Completed in 1903, this peice is a ready made(made from found objects to give a new meaning). Duchamp was part of the Dada movement.  Duchamp was a French born sculptur/painter. He attended the Society of Independent Artists.

Mark Rothko

Artist: Mark Rothko
Title: untitled
Medium: india ink

Rothko was a Russian born Jew who moved to New York City. He was born in 1903.  He explored many mediums but mainly focused on figuritive painting.  He attended the "New York School" in New York.

Screaming Mad George.

Title: Footdog

Screaming Mad George is a Director/Sculptor/Make-Up Artist renowned for his extremely abnormal special effects and sculptures.   He has been doing work since the early 70's.  He was born in Japan under the name Joji Tani on Oct. 7th 1953.

Mark Ryden

Mark Ryden was a "pop culture-Surrealist" who gained most of his popularity in the 1990's.  He combines surrealist art with pop culture icons such as works with grotesque teletubies or an even more psychadelic Hendrix.  He continues to work today in Los Angeles.  He combines objects which are borderline "cute-disturbing".

Nick Zedd

Artist: Nick Zedd
Medium: paint
Size: 8x8"

    Nick Zedd was a low budget film maker who produced works that were highly regarded for there shock value.  He gained most of his popularity through the late 70's and early 80's and still continues to do films, music, and other forms as art, today.  Zedd has over 18 short films and 2 television series under his belt.

Mike Judge

Artwork done by Mike Judge, from television show king of the hill.  I chose to review this piece because it is one of many images from the cartoon which was chosen to sum up the show as a whole.  It is the first image you see when the show begins and it contains four of the main characters.  Through design you see the use of focus on Hank, him being in the middle of the image draws the viewers eye.