Peter Tunney is an American Pop artist renown for his creative use of text. Tunney works as a painter, photographer, installation, and collage artist. Tunney had great success with a series that specialized in skulls.
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Below we view the artist in his studio:
Tunney worked as an investment banker on Wall Street.
Below an interview with Peter Tunney:
The artist is based out of New York City and Miami, Florida.
Tunney shows a wonderful sense of creativity in his use of text. Some of my favorite artists working with text include Mel Bochner, Steven Powers, and Robert Cottingham.
Si Scott is a contemporary British artist renown for his ink drawings of animals. Scott studied art and graphic design at Leeds College of Art and Buckingmanshire Chilterns University.
Scott has worked for many internationally known brands on advertising campaigns. He has also designed album covers.
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In this clip a brief interview with the artist:
The artist was named one of the top 200 illustrators in the world.
Si Scotti is based out of the United Kingdom.
In this brief clip we see the artist at work on many works:
His style of free flowing animals are very creative but I think his work with text and letters is just as amazing. By using only black and white in most images we are able to view the outstanding drawing skills of Si Scott.
Gabriel Specter is an American street artist renown for his work with the face and figure. Specter works as a painter, printmaker, and installation artist.
Another great aspect of the artist’s work is his attention to the sense of history of a certain place or time. He does this by paying attention to different lettering styles, such as those find in different advertising campaigns. The artist also uses clothes as a main subject.
Specter has worked with major international brands and is very successful as a commercial artist.
The artist is now based out of Brooklyn, New York.
Zenita Komad is a contemporary artist from Austria working in a modern style. Zenita Komad was born in Austria in the year 1980. Komad is a painter and photographer.
The artist often adds text or a form of dimensionality to her artwork.
Komad attended the Academy of Fine Art and the University of Applied Art located in Austria.
The artist is based out of Vienna, Austria.
The artist is part of collections in Europe, South Korea, and the United States.
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Below we visit a gallery show from 2008 featuring the work of Zenita Komad. Her installations are very large and playful and remind me of American artist Jeff Koons:
Josh Smith is an contemporary American painter renown for his abstract and collage works which often feature his own name. Josh Smith was born in Knoxville, Tennessee in the year 1976.
Smith attended Miami University for two years before earning a B.F.A. from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.
In many works the artist uses text and also symbols such as leaves, skeletons, and fish. Smith has conquered many mediums in addition to painting including printmaking, sculpture, bookmaking, and ceramics.
In this clip we visit a show of Josh Smith with our beloved friend James Kalm:
Askew One is a fantastic graffiti artist from New Zealand. The artist uses text in his work but also paints incredible portraits.
Askew One’s government name is Elliot O’Donnell.
He began making street art when he entered high school in the early 1990s.
Below the artist talks about his love of graffiti and art. He :
The artist often uses mixed media in his paintings such as acrylics and enamel. He also paints on unique surfaces such as plexiglass.
The artist is based out of Auckland, New Zealand.
Askew One uses spray paint, acrylic, and vinyl paint in the creation of his art.
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In this clip we view the artist at work for a show featuring his portrait work. I find this type of portrait work reminds me of Warhol’s first portrait efforts:
I love the artistic statement of Askew One! He thinks of himself as a crash test dummy jumping head first into trouble! This approach has garnered him some fantastic results!
Linda Herritt is a contemporary artist renown for her mixed media works, drawings, paintings, and installations. Herritt attended college at Ohio State University at Columbus earning a B.F.A. The artist went to earn an M.F.A. from the University of Montana located in Missoula.
The artist is a professor at Pace University’s Dyson College of Arts and Sciences located in New York City.
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In this clip we view a show featuring the work of Linda Herritt and another artist Elana Herzog with our friend James Kalm:
Herritt has won many prestigious fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Pollack- Krasner Foundation.
I enjoy the artist’s creativity in designing an exiting shape for overall design of her text. Some other artists working with text include Denis Brown, Robert Cottingham, and Stephen Powers. I find Herritt’s work reminds me of French street artist Tilt. Tilt will use a graffiti type lettering to build up three dimensional images.
Duane Michals is an American photographer renown for his black and white images which involve sequences of action. Duane Michals was born in the year 1932.
Duane Michals attended the University of Denver.
Here is a great example of why his style is unique. This sequence of images has an unexpected twist at the end:
Though he studied art in college he didn’t become interested in photography until 1958 whilst visiting the Soviet Union.
The artist has worked as a commercial photographer working for international fashion magazines for multiple decades. Michals also worked for the Mexican government as an official photographer of the 1968 Summer Olympic Games.
Michals is the recipient of the grants from the National Endowment of the Arts.
With the Carnegie Museum of Art we visit the studio of Duane Michals:
The artist is based out of New York City.
Price range information: Works range from $4,000 to $40,000.
My favorite works by this artist are his images of fellow artists. I am sure you recognize Warhol, but did you recognize Rene Magritte wearing his famous hat?
Barbara Jones- Hogu is an American painter renown for figure paintings featuring African Americans. Barbara Jones was born in Chicago, Illinois in the year 1938. The artist is very schooled having earned a bachelor of arts degree from Howard University. She also earned a bachelors of fine arts degree from the Art Institute of Chicago. Jones- Hogu also received an advanced degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology where she studied printmaking.
Jones- Hogu was a prominent figure in the Black Arts Movement that took place in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s.
The collective for the black arts movement in Chicago was led by Jones- Hogu and was named AfriCOBRA. Short for the African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists. Bad being a compliment in this case!
The often uses text in her work.
In this clip a brief interview with the artist from 2013:
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Jones- Hogu is a painter and printmaker.
Barbara Jones Hogu does a wonderful job at blending figures and text. Her choice of colors remind of the 45 LP record albums from the 1960s and 1970s.
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