This week I’m looking at some older artists which dealt with different issues, from political, feminist etc all which have changed the world perception on issues. All dealt in very different ways, from interactions to larger letter projections.
Adrian Piper an artists from New York artists who started in the early 70s. She was a conceptual and performance artist, she based her work on the street, interacting with people and seeing their reactions. She dealt with radical, feminist, identity and political issues. Her main concept was talking of invisibility, even difference can make you invisible. Thinking about that concept now and then; it is clear to say that people are so commercialised and wanting to be the same that its just common, peoples identity is being swallowed up. She has created pieces that render issues related to racism, xenophobia and harshly realistic issues; they are issues which she has been through herself, making her work even deeper and personal! She uses photographs, text, books, installations, drawings etc.
Jenny Holzer was an artist from the early 70s, she spoke on behalf of the public; questioning capitalism, emphasized opinions and worked with truisms. A Truism is a statement of something so obvious or self-evident as to be hardly worth mentioning.
Using mass media techniques, she screamed what the public were thinking, screamed these truisms; creating bigger, bolder, brash statements of thought. She speaks from several perspectives, giving a 360 view, catching all eyes, provoking different thoughts, starting debates and really being the voice of the people. Even thought opinions may be contradictive to each other she speaks on behalf of everyone; the victim, the perpetrator and the observer.
It is said that jenny has been influenced by the work of artists Mark Rothko. Rather than using paint and colours to express different views and contrasts she uses words.
Her work makes us reflect on the current signage today, are we really being informed better with them? Are they really giving us a view and additional information we don’t already know? She not only makes us look at the words but the visual language and the projection of it.
All of her installations are projected in different ways, creating abstract shapes and forms to the lettering and meanings itself. From projection on t-shirts, buildings to on rooms and rivers; all showing how truly experimental you can be when projecting simple statements.
Using mass media techniques, she screamed what the public were thinking, screamed these truisms; creating bigger, bolder, brash statements of thought. She speaks from several perspectives, giving a 360 view, catching all eyes, provoking different thoughts, starting debates and really being the voice of the people. Even thought opinions may be contradictive to each other she speaks on behalf of everyone; the victim, the perpetrator and the observer.
It is said that jenny has been influenced by the work of artists Mark Rothko. Rather than using paint and colours to express different views and contrasts she uses words.
Her work makes us reflect on the current signage today, are we really being informed better with them? Are they really giving us a view and additional information we don’t already know? She not only makes us look at the words but the visual language and the projection of it.
All of her installations are projected in different ways, creating abstract shapes and forms to the lettering and meanings itself. From projection on t-shirts, buildings to on rooms and rivers; all showing how truly experimental you can be when projecting simple statements.
Similarly to these artists there are also several others which have dealt with political, public issues and exposed people’s views through their work; artists like Barbra Kruger who was also around and that time but also modern artists like Andres Senerrio and graffiti artist Banksy. All of which have provoked thought/opinions in a unique way and influenced the way we think and reflect upon works and imagery presented to us today!
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