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.

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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

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