ARTIST 6: LIEKO SHIGA

"Wedding Veil" 2007 from Canary

"Remember That" 2007 from Canary

"Garden 2" 2005 from Lily

"Irana" 2004 from Damien Court

A professor in college once told me that art's sole purpose should be to elicit emotion. That simple statement was the greatest thing I learned in my 6 years (yes 6 years and I am not a doctor) of higher education.
Lieko Shiga's work does exactly that it provokes an emotional response in the viewer whether it be positive or negative her work makes the viewer think and feel "something".

"Her photographs are mysterious, intimate and emotional. For her series Lilly she photographed the people living in her block in East London. She covered an outside wall completely with a black cloth and photographed the people in front of it."

Quote by Pieter Wisse http://www.500photographers.blogspot.com/


http://www.liekoshiga.com/ 
Great Interview with Lieko from Tokyoartbeat.com 
http://chngyaohong.com/blog/japan/lieko-shiga/

ARTIST 5: JENNY HOLZER

Berlin, 2001

Bregenz, 2004

New York, 2005

San Diego, 2007

Washington D.C, 2007

Conceptual art is often so far-fetched and personal to the producing artist that the public struggles to perceive the underlining meaning. In 1977 Jenny Holzer pushed past the boundary producing short statements using standard text these statements were labeled "Truism's". Printed on shirts, hats and posters these works were later displayed on a large scale using neon/LED signs and Xenon projection. Jenny Holzer displays her work minus a signature or any identifying mark so that the work remains anonymous in an effort to not "Cloud" the purpose of the text. When viewing her work remember art can be whatever you want it to be.
 
http://www.jennyholzer.com/
http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/holzer/
http://www.designboom.com/contemporary/holzer.html

ARTIST 4: NECK FACE

The "Art World" is a pretentious place where you will often find artists spewing forth nonsense so that their work may serve a higher purpose and ultimately be sold to an individual with more money than taste. Then there is Neck Face whose work looks as though it was produced by a satanic preschooler. Neck Face is best known for his "Devilish Street Art" with a humorous twist but in recent years has transcended past the streets on to the gallery walls. Neck Face has stayed true to his style and technique, his work serving the primary purpose of mass appeal and disgust. Neck Face makes art for the "Wal-Mart Audience"; enjoy his work and leave the glass of wine and beret behind.

Quote from Neck Face:

Interview: What do you think you're bringing to the "Art World"?

Neck Face: Witches and hairy things.

http://www.fecalface.com/SF/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=332&Itemid=92
http://www.robotswillkill.com/graffiti/showgraff.php?artist_id=2819