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Guerrilla Girls' "Carriera" is credited with the idea of using pseudonyms as a way to not forget female artists. Having read about Rosalba Carriera in a footnote of Letters on Cézanne by Rainer Maria Rilke, she decided to pay tribute to the little-known female artist with her name. This also helped to solve the problem of media interviews; the ...
Artists Against Bullying (often styled as "Artists Against") was an agglomeration of seven Canadian musicians who united in 2012 to re-record the song "True ...
Aaron Douglas (May 26, 1899 – February 2, 1979 [1]) was an American painter, illustrator, and visual arts educator. He was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance. [2] He developed his art career painting murals and creating illustrations that addressed social issues around race and segregation in the United States by utilizing African-centric imagery. [3]
Thug – Like the Baddie, Although often smarter than he lets on, the Thug communicates primarily through nonverbal bullying, such as involving himself into physical altercations. He typically appears popular, but may have had a rough past or childhood. Drifter—Like the Floater: closely moves from clique to clique and will stand up to the Leader.
Roger Shimomura was born on June 26, 1939, at the Shimomura family home in Seattle, Washington's Central District.He was delivered by his grandmother, Toku, a professional midwife who would become an important figure in his life and art.
Bryan Lewis Saunders (born 1969 in Washington, D.C.) is an endurance artist, a performance artist, videographer, performance poet, and self-portrait painter known for his disturbing spoken word rants, tragic art performances and stand-up tragedy.
La Galería Caspicara, an art gallery opened by Eduardo Kingman in 1940, was one of the first places that Guayasamín was featured. His themes of oppression in the lower social classes allowed him to stand out and gain more recognition. El Silencio in particular, was a painting from this showcase that stood out. It marks a shift in Guayasamín ...
The absence of women from the canon of Western art has been a subject of inquiry and reconsideration since the early 1970s. Linda Nochlin's influential 1971 essay, "Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?", examined the social and institutional barriers that blocked most women from entering artistic professions throughout history, prompted a new focus on women artists, their art and ...