When seen from the appropriate perspectives, every action one takes can be Artfully done. From washing and drying the dishes, to painting the Sistine Chapel, so long as an Open Awareness and a Careful Participation is maintained, the action being taken is Artful.
Anyone with an Open-mind and a Careful-hand can take on the roll of Artist in this Way.
Unfortunately, only a select few have what it takes to Create Something that can help reveal the Unrevealable. Something powerful enough to stir us deep within and give us a Visual Allegory and the Words we always meant to Say.
The Sacred Mirrors should be seen by anyone living anywhere near the New York area as well as travelers there of. It is Truly Inspirational Artwork. Mr. Grey can help remove many veils, leading to a clearer view of Our underlying Realities. Mr. Grey's Paintings are wonderful to see in a book or on a computer screen, but are best viewed in person, if the opportunity ever presents itself.
Master of the Graphic Illusion. A Geometical Technician and a Creative Genius of the Highest Order. From testing the limits of our perception through Impossible Landscapes, to marveling our imaginations with his Tessellating Figures, Meister Escher should continue to find his Creations indefinitely Inspiring to anyone willing to Look.
A Madman posing as an Artist. An Artist posing as a Madman. Salvador Dali took the dreamscapes of the subconcious mind and masterfully articulated them in paint. The first artist who truly captured my Imagination, I am forever indebted to Him for showing me what it means to be Creative and making me want to be a better artist.
A conceptual Artist of the finest order. A creator of Art out of what might have previously seemed artless. His Work is Undeniably Profound.
Mr. Friedman helped to completely re-define what I considered to be Art, and what was and was not to be considered a proper artistic medium. From toiletpaper, bubblegum, and toothpicks, to poop, asprin, and human-hair, Tom Friedman can turn basically anything into the Finest of Fine Art!
If you've missed out on the opportunity to see the documentary, Andy Goldsworthy: Rivers and Tides, I would highly recommend reversing this trend as soon as possible.
Mr. Goldsworthy represents, to me, an Ideal of what it means to be both Artistically Profound, as well as Ecologically Aware and Sustainablly Creative. His Manipulations of the Natural World are so Beyond Beautiful that they can Hypnotize. If ever there were an Artist to emmulate in our children, Mr. Goldsworthy is surely It.
A True Artistic Revolutionary. A Rebel Very Much With A Cause.
Too much of what passes for 'art' these days is nothing more then decorative-trash, eye-candy devoid of any contextual Meaning. Mr. English is anything but meanlingless.
His art, more often than not, challenges us to Define Our Terms. Are you a mindless-capitalist-drone or a free-thinking-radical? Are you satisfied by the statis quo or are you willing to fight for Our Future? Can we stop pretending we See and actually start to Look again?
Even in the world of darkness and fear, Beauty can sponateously arrise.
Mr. Giger is probably not for children! His subject matter can be on the darker side of Life, so please proceed with caution.