Internet Research Project

For this assignment, I will be discussing five artists I admire, five artists I do not understand, and one artist, and then my favorite artist overall.

Five Artists I Admire:

Artist: Margery Freeman Appelbaum
Portrait of Women on a Swing
Mixed Media

I enjoyed this artist, because she had a very creative way of incorporating parts of the human body into her work. Most of her work is done in mixed media, as well, which I find interesting, and very non-traditional. She puts a collage of layers of wax and oil to create her work.

Artist: Tom Smith
Strobe
Acrylic and collage on panel

This artist caught my eye because of the bright colors he selectively and carefully used to create his composition. He uses both geometric and organic shapes, and his use of curved and diagonal lines give a sense of dynamic and explosive movement. 

Artist: Candice Smith Corby
You be a... I'll be a bear
gouache on wallpaper

I enjoy how Corby always uses furniture to create the composition in her work. It is interesting to see how each piece seems to support each other so well, it feels like she herself set up the composition and painted it. She also always uses soft colors to portray the moods of her paintings, and creates interesting designs in the fabric, which always looks like there is silky texture.

Artist: Simon Lourenco
Dita
Paper cut-out, collage

I admire Lourenco's craftsmanship, and his designs. He was inspired by the plant kingdom and patterns, which can be easily seen because of his unique and organic models. I think the colors he uses are beautiful, and his work is three-dimensional as well.

Artist: Devin Powers
Chorus
Gouache and pigmented PVA on kozo paper

I absolutely love Powers' designs and how he uses simple lines and geometric shapes to make something much more grand and exquisite. He creates form, and it almost looks like his drawings pop out to his audience, even though it is two-dimensional. I enjoy how his work makes my eyes move from one area to the next effortlessly, and it feels like I can look at his work for hours.

Five Artists I Do Not Understand:

Artist: Beverley Hood
Madame I
3D animated film

I did not really like or understand this, maybe because I did not see the actual film, but in my opinion, it looks a little bit unprofessional and unpolished. 

Artist: Catrine Thorstensen
Red Byte
Color pencil on paper, mounted on aluminium plates

Thorstensen's work was a little bit difficult to understand, because it was a three-dimensional drawing, however it looks very simplified with not much detail. Everything looks very smooth and round, so it was a little difficult to distinguish what her work was.

Artist: Chiara Zizioli and Alessandro Lorenzini
BENVENUTO A CASA
Wall Painting

The artists focused mostly on word and text art, which I don't understand very well, because I prefer mostly traditional art.

Artist: Noah Simblist
Untitled
graphite and gouache on paper

This artist creates many interesting pieces, but I found it difficult to understand what they created or what their statement was through their art.The artist claims it represents his political relationship with religion and state.

Sasha Kopelowitz
Leaning
gouache and acrylic on paper

I enjoy this artists's works, however I cannot help but feel like it is a lewd depiction of the human figure. It is hard to understand this artist's work, because everything looks so distorted.

Favorite Artist:

Artist: Paul Fabozzi
Corviale #1a
colored pencil on Mylar mounted on archival pigment print

I really enjoy Fabozzi's geometric shapes and diagonal lines that creates something that looks like the top of a town, in my opinion, if the piece was rotated. I also really like how he uses soft colors in all his works, because it gives a really soothing and relaxed tone and mood. He incorporates splurges of darker and brighter colors in segments of his piece as well, which leads the eye to different corners of the work.