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Game Influenced Art, Digital Interventions, Boy Culture Art

Ross Campbell – pixelated ceremonial masks, bit type, and digital flora.  I think he and Matt might be art cousins. Andrew Venell – an artist working with the chaos of information, social anxieties, and the digitally mediated world we live in Takashi Murakami –  video games, boy culture, super flat, and tons of color:

Murakami’s style, called Superflat, is characterized by flat planes of color and graphic images involving a character style derived from anime and manga. Superflat is an artistic style that comments on otaku lifestyle and subculture, as well as consumerism and sexual fetishism.

Tony Bechara – abstract, almost color-field paintings all done in small pixels.  They vibrate your eyeballs. Colin Henderson – clearly influenced by the 8 bit aesthetic, this UK designer creates patterns and illustrations/collages Cory Arcangel – a artist/programmer who performs actions and interventions in photoshop, in video games, on websites, and within the art context in a playful manner Pixel,  is an insightful short documentary by Simon Cottee that explores the world of pixel art, animation and chiptune music.

Karen Ryan: Cabinet Chair with Blanket, 2010 I loved this piece by Karen Ryan.  There is something so evocative, anthropomorphic, and nostalgic about old wooden furniture. Anne Toebbe, Vacuming the Dining Room, 2009 Pello Irazu, FR, 2008 Pello Irazu, Untitled, 2010 (left) and La Fabrica, Miami II, 2008 Yun Jeong Hong, Episteme, 2009 Jason Dunda, 2008-2010 Kirsten Kindler, stairwells salon, 2009 Cordy Ryman Abel Rodriguez, Untitled 1, 2009

Over the next bit o time, I’m going to post about some themes I saw popping up at Artropolis.  Most are NEXT heavy, except this post, which has three artists’ works found in Art Chicago.

Elizabeth Jaeger:  BFF, 2009  Throughout the weekend, three ladies would perform around this sculpture.  Wearing tights, jockstraps, black pumps, and nylons tied around them in odd ways, they would strike a pose and gaze off into nowhere for hours at a time.  Here’s a picture.

Mary Ellen Mark:  Heather and Kelsey Dietrick, 7 years old, Kelsey older by 66 minutes, 2002  from her book, Twins

Bill Durgin:  Nude and Still Life I

Chechu Alava painted almost exclusively staring young ladies in multiple: Sisters

Chechu Alava: The Romanovs

Alec Soth: Sandra and Indre, Milan, 2010

Langdon Graves, not exactly, 2008