ARTIST 12: AARON HUEY



Young Girl in Reservation Basement, Pine Ridge Series

Member of Blood Gang at Wonded Knee Memorial,  Pine Ridge Series



Uch Sharif Pakistan, Pakistan After Bhutto Series



Pakistan After Bhutto Series



 Walk Across America Series

Walk Across America Series

Aaron Huey talks about "Pine Ridge" project 15 min.

Bill Board Project 3 minutes

Aaron Huey is not only an artist but a human rights activist. His recent project "Pine Ridge" explores the Pine Ridge Lakota Reservation in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Within this reservation the average male life expectancy is 47 years old and 90% of all families live off of less than $3,000 per year. In sizing up Aaron I would say he is a documentary photographer with a fine art eye. His workethic is fierce often spending numerous years working on a project, i.e "Pine Ridge" began in 2005 and is still making headway. Aaron freelances internationally while also acting as a staff photographer for National Geographic this has taken him to the war torn nations of Pakistan and Afghanistan along with other numerous impoverished areas such as Haiti and Siberia. Aaron's project "Walk Across America" is a must see and was captured as Aaron literally walked across America 3,349 miles over the course of 149 days. Aaron shows no sign of slowing and I feel his work only grows more poignant and personal as he ages, he is definitely and artist/humanitarian on the rise.

"My success is not measured in money. I have no financial security, I have no savings account. I measure my success by asking myself if I’m telling a story that the world needs to hear, if I am educating people." - Aaron Huey

http://www.aaronhuey.com/

Link to Video and Article about Pine Ridge Billboard Project

ARTIST 11: CONOR HARRINGTON



Graffiti Painting, 2011

Untitled, Dublin 2011

Untitled, Bethlehem 2010



Untitled, Bethlehem 2010



Untitled, Fame Festival Italy 2009

Untitled, NYC Meat Packing District 2008

CLICK HERE...Sick Short Film! Conor in Tel Aviv, Israel and Bethlehem.



Fine art meets street art with a kick of political oomph for good measure. Conor Harrington's work to the viewer is a Rubik's Cube of "How?" his work is filled with movement with a "Sloppy" technique that oozes the aesthetic value of a renaissance master. Whether in Bethlehem or Dublin there is always a wall awaiting Conor. If you didn't know of Conor Harrington now you do and I all I can say is stay tuned because this guy only gets better with time!

http://conorsaysboom.wordpress.com/

http://www.lazinc.com/artists/conor-harrington/

http://slamxhype.com/slambase/conor-harrington/

Postponed

Unfortunately it has been one thing after another. Computer virus then another virus, Internet down and long days at the job that currently pays the bills. I am going to postpone 101artists post until Mid-July. I am getting ready to get married, working on several artistic endeavors and leaving on a honeymoon in June. Due to this I am going to step back until Mid-July by that time the pace will have slowed and I can give 101 more attention.

Join me on Facebook to find out about the relaunch, look for Matt Ivey Denver CO.

Thanks for your support, stay up!

ARTIST 10: NADAV KANDER

Nanjing II (Metal Palm), Jiangsu Province 



Hockey Billboard and Highway 147, Durham, USA



Diver Salt Lake, Utah

Torn Posters, England



Elizabeth's Shoes

Nadav Kander is a master of both light and composition. They say in order to be a great photography you must have an eye, Nadav has a gift. I believe he could make a paramount image from any subject matter i.e. Torn Posters, England while it is the simplest of compositions it somehow has great depth. Diversity is often a skill that artist lack especially photographers. Nadav shoots it all which is a rarity in an arena where there are "Portrait Photographers" and "Landscape Photographers" Nadav stands atop each genre.

Please check out his website it was extremely difficult to get images as most of his work is heavily copyrighted. His portfolio is absolutely one of the best and will inspire you to capture better images.

http://www.nadavkander.com/
Obama's People Photographs by Nadav Kander

ARTIST 9: BLEK LE RAT

Rats, Paris early 80's

Self Portrait, Paris 1986



No More War, Berlin 2003



David, New York 2006

Blek Le Rat Wheatpasting in New York 2006

Homeless Sleeping Bag, Paris 2007

Banksy, Banksy everywhere....

Has everyone forgot about Blek Le Rat? Le Rat was stenciling the streets of Paris long before Banksy's work ever surfaced in London. Yet Blek Le Rat has never become American institution, he has never created the opening sequence for "The Simpson's" and Brad Pitt has never been photographed in attendance at one of his gallery exhibitions. Well he is French and there for a moment we were eating "Freedom Fries"? Yet at almost 60 years old he continues to create "street" art with no signs of slowing.

  Interview selection from Format Magazine 2007:

FM: Why are they doing this?

BLR: “The graffiti movement,” he says, “has no other intention than to speak via pictures. Words for the community, words of love, words of hatred, of life and death.”

“It’s just a fine and subtle kind of therapy and an attempt to fill the emptiness of this terrible world, to cover public space with pictures that people going to work can enjoy.”

The Man Who Gave Birth to Banksy
20 Questions with Blek Le Rat
http://bleklerat.free.fr/

ARTIST 8: JOHN CHAMBERLAIN

Dolores James, 1962

Chamberlain in his spray booth, 2010

Flywheelsonata, 2007

Onecaratstud, 2010

Going "Green" is all the fad these days hell even I often paint on found wooden panels. However while the bandwagon of artist turning "Trash" into art is currently vast it is by no means new. John Chamberlain has been turning trash into art for over 50 years. John has yet to slow now into his eighties he still creates awe-inspiring sculptures from discarded items. John has a soft spot in his heart for junk cars using metal panels and parts to create magnificent sculptures from waste. While you may not enjoy John's work one should respect what John has brought to the table and is unflinching work ethic.

http://www.johnchamberlain.cc/
http://www.anthonymeierfinearts.com/artist/chamberlain/artistmain.htm
http://www.chinati.org/visit/collection/johnchamberlain.php

ARTIST 7: ANTHONY LISTER

Uncommsioned Street Art, Miami 2010

Coke Man Action Figure

What can I say about Anthony Lister that this book title doesn't Anthony Lister: Tales of a White Trash Prophecy. Born 1979 in Brisbane Australia he now resides in Brooklyn New York where he is considered a leader in the "Low Brow art Movement". A movement consisting  of artists who don't care if they are recognized by the fine art community instead want their work to speak to "the people". Raising his middle finger to the fine art community has in turn rocketed him to the top of commercial success where ironically he is now considered by fine art collectors as 1 of the 50 most collectible artist of today. Anthony balances his fame by completing "uncommissioned street art" at a prolific rate providing free art for the masses. Stay tuned as Lister may be coming to a town near you.

http://www.listerart.com.au/

http://showandtellgallery.com/artist_profile.php?id=124

Anthony Lister Masks For Sale
Anthony Lister: Tales of White Trash Prophecy