Choose 2 artists or artworks from the list below that were introduced in class this semester. Write500 wordseach on why you think this artist’s work is important. Write about specific works / images. Issues you might consider; what sets the work apart from other work in that medium? Is the cultural context of the work important (when it was made and in what political/cultural climate)? What do you learn/experience from this artist’s work, how did it change/challenge your previous ideas?
Edward Muybridge – 19thc. sequential photography
George Melies – early film
Winsor McCay – early animation
Alexander Rodchenko – photography / design / Soviet avant-garde
Dziga Vertov – filmmaker / Man with a Movie Camera / Soviet avant-garde
Sergei Eisenstein – filmmaker / Battleship Potemkin / Soviet avant-garde
Vavara Stepanova – Russian / Soviet Avant-garde
Ana Mendieta – performance
Marina Abramovic – performance
Jean Michel Basquiat – painter / graffiti
Un Chien Andalou (Dali and Bunuel) – surrealism / film
Maya Deren – film
John Heartfield – photomontage
Nikki S. Lee -conceptual photography
Carrie Mae Weems – conceptual photography
Vik Muniz – conceptual photography
Lily McElroy – performance
Penelope Umbrico – conceptual photography
Carrie Mae Weems – conceptual photography
Lotte Reiniger – early animation / Prince Achmed
The Brothers Quay – animation
La Jetee (Chris Marker) – film
Kara Walker – installation/graphic arts
Layla Ali – artist / illustration
Cindy Sherman – artist / conceptual photography
Nick Cave – fashion / performance / sculpture
Sherin Neshat – photography / film / installation
