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Category Archives: Artists

Björk

Bjork is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, record producer and actress whose creative expression has inspired millions worldwide.

Posted byTamara AndersonFebruary 19, 2022October 13, 2023Posted inArtists, Musicians, PerformersTags:Alternative Rock, Avant-Garde Fashion, Electronica, Sugarcubes, Trip HopLeave a comment on Björk

Nora Twomey

Nora Twomey is an Irish animator, director, screenwriter, producer and voice actress. She is best known for the films Wolfwalkers, The Breadwinner, Song of the Sea, and The Secret of Kells.

Posted byTamara AndersonMay 24, 2023October 13, 2023Posted inArtists, Film, Film MakersTags:Song of the Sea, The Breadwinner, The Secret of Kells, WolfwalkersLeave a comment on Nora Twomey

Marjane Satrapi

Marjane Satrapi is an Iranian-born French cartoonist, illustrator, film director, and children’s book author, best known for her book Persepolis.

Posted byTamara AndersonApril 30, 2022October 13, 2023Posted inArtists, Film Makers, WritersTags:Chicken With Plums, Persepolis, Radioactive, Read Banned BooksLeave a comment on Marjane Satrapi

Rivane Neuenschwander

Rivane Neuenschwander is a Brazilian artist. best known for work that explores language, nature, geography, the passing of time and social interactions.

Posted byTamara AndersonApril 19, 2023October 14, 2023Posted inArtistsTags:Bringing Enchantment to the Streets, I Am A Macaw, I Wish Your Wish, Indigenous Rights, Protests in Animal Costumes, Serralves, The Future is AncestralLeave a comment on Rivane Neuenschwander

Marina Abramovic

Marina Abramović pioneered a new notion of identity with her art by bringing in the participation of observers, focusing on “confronting pain, blood, and physical limits of the body.”

Posted byTamara AndersonFebruary 13, 2022November 4, 2023Posted inArtists, PerformersTags:body art, endurance art, Feminist Art, grandmother of performance artLeave a comment on Marina Abramovic

Guerilla Girls

Guerrilla Girls is an anonymous group of feminist, female artists devoted to fighting sexism and racism within the art world.

Posted byTamara AndersonFebruary 4, 2022November 4, 2023Posted inActivists, ArtistsTags:Conscience of the Art World, Culture Jamming, Feminist Art, Gorilla MasksLeave a comment on Guerilla Girls

Jenny Holzer

Jenny Holzer is famous for her conceptual art focusing on words, often in public spaces.

Posted byTamara AndersonJanuary 23, 2022November 4, 2023Posted inArtistsTags:Conceptual Art, LEDs, Projections, TruismsLeave a comment on Jenny Holzer

Barbara Kruger

Barbara Kruger is an American conceptual artist most known for her collage style that consists of black-and-white photographs, overlaid with declarative captions.

Posted byTamara AndersonDecember 12, 2021November 9, 2023Posted inArtistsTags:collage, Feminist Art, HelveticaLeave a comment on Barbara Kruger

Pina Bausch

Pina Bausch was a German dancer and choreographer who was a significant contributor to a neo-expressionist dance tradition now known as Tanztheater.

Posted byTamara AndersonDecember 3, 2022December 3, 2023Posted inArtists, PerformersTags:modern dance, neo-expressionist dance, Tanztheater, Tanztheater WuppertalLeave a comment on Pina Bausch

Judy Chicago

Judy Chicago is an American feminist artist best known for her installation called the “Dinner Party.”

Posted byTamara AndersonJanuary 23, 2022September 2, 2022Posted inArtistsTags:Feminist Art, Fireworks Art, The Birth Project, The Dinner PartyLeave a comment on Judy Chicago

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