Bleeps is a street artist based out of Greece who is renown for his comical style that makes fun of politicians and their ideas and attitudes.
The artist got involved with street art after living in the United Kingdom for a few years in the early 2000s.
Bleeps has become a spokesperson for the lower and middle classes of Greece. He is a modern day Daumier sharing wonderful art but also making art that has a purpose.
The artist works as a mural painter and illustrator.
Its very interesting the way he portrays the human figure with flesh and even showing the bone structure underneath. The artist has a great sense of modernist composition and great use of color.
Lukas Samaras was born in Kastoria, Greece in the year 1936. The artist is renowned for his disdain of people and his narcissism. If you have seen the work of Chuck Close, you may recognize this famous image made by Close of artist Lukas Samaras.
One of Samaras most acclaimed series is one of the artist posing for himself using a Polaroid camera. These images remind me of the modern day selfies.
Samaras attended Rugers, University located in New Brunswick, New Jersey.Some of his classmates include the great Claes Oldenburg, already profiled here.
The artist works in many mediums including painting, performance art, sculpture, and photographer. Its not fair to classify him to one medium, the artist works in many mediums and uses a great deal of creativity in his art.
Here we visit a show featuring the work of Lukas Samaras with the great James Kalm:
Price range information: Works range from $12,000 to $400,000.
A documentary was made on the life of Lukas Samaras, below a trailer for this movie:
I enjoy the many subjects explored by the artist. I would enjoy a series of his done on birds, but using all mediums from photography to performance art.
Samaras is part of prestigious collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Museum, and the Getty Museum.
Constantin Xenakis was born in Cairo, Egypt in the year 1931. Xenakis now spends much of his time in Paris, France where he moved in 1955. The artist is renown for his use of text, math, and symbols in his art. The artist also produces kinetic sculptures. Kinetic energy has to do with the energy an object has due to its motion.
Made a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters.
In this clip we view a collection of works that shows the many symbols used by the artist. It could be text such as letters from the Hebrew or Greek alphabet. Symbols seen on your daily walks through town could be used or letters from a math or chemistry equation. The show was titled Codes, Secrets, and Lost Symbols.
In this clip Xenakis wishes us well in 2013. I love his use of repeating shapes and patterns in these intricate works.
Has work in the National Museum of Greece.
Price range information: The artist has worked in many mediums including acrylics which $10,000 to $25,000. Oils range from $1,500 and up. Watercolors $2,000 to $8,000.
If you enjoy looking at text and letters make sure and read my post about Dennis Brown and visit his website. He hails from Ireland and studied calligraphy in college though starting at a young age. Sometimes he builds his letters using glass. A link for Denis Brown’s website : http://quillskill.com/
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