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New Gothic
New Gothic or Neo-Gothic is a contemporary art movement that emphasizes darkness and horror. Manifesto "The Art Manifesto" was written by Gothic subculture artist Charles Moffat in 2001, who also coined the term in an effort to differentiate it from Gothic architecture. The manifesto was later updated in 2003, but both versions emphasize rebellion against normality. Gothic exhibition, Boston 1997 The style may be said to have begun (even if named later) with the "Gothic" exhibition organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, curated by Christoph Grunenberg, which took place April 24 – July 6, 1997.Grunenberg 1997. This exhibit included work by Jake and Dinos Chapman, Mike Kelley, Gregory Crewdson, Robert Gober, Jim Hodges, Douglas Gordon, Abigail Lane, Tony Oursler, Alexis Rockman, and Cindy Sherman. Francesca Gavin's reformulation Gavin's 2008 book ''Hell Bound: New Gothic Art'' continued to theorize the existence of the movement. She has also referred to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neo-Gothic
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half of the 19th century, mostly in England. Increasingly serious and learned admirers sought to revive medieval Gothic architecture, intending to complement or even supersede the neoclassical styles prevalent at the time. Gothic Revival draws upon features of medieval examples, including decorative patterns, finials, lancet windows, and hood moulds. By the middle of the 19th century, Gothic Revival had become the pre-eminent architectural style in the Western world, only to begin to fall out of fashion in the 1880s and early 1890s. For some in England, the Gothic Revival movement had roots that were intertwined with philosophical movements associated with Catholicism and a re-awakening of high church or Anglo-Catholic belief concerned by the growth of religi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Noonan (artist)
David Noonan (born 1969) is an Australian artist who lives and works in London. His work was shown at Tate Modern in 2006. Early life and education Noonan was born in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. He received his BFA (Painting) in 1989 from Ballarat University College and his MFA in 1992 from Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne. Work His work was included in the March 2020 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art at the Art Gallery of South Australia, which was titled "Monster Theatres". Solo exhibitions 2020 *Stagecraft, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, VIC, Australia 2019 *Tapestries, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia *A Dark and Quiet Place, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA, Australia 2018 *A Dark and Quiet Place, Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 2017 *A Dark and Quiet Place, Modern Art, London 2016 *Lead Light, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia 2015 *Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia *Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Pettibon
Raymond Pettibon (born Raymond Ginn, June 16, 1957) is an American artist who lives and works in New York City. Pettibon came to prominence in the early 1980s in the southern California punk rock scene, creating posters and album art mainly for groups on SST Records, owned and operated by his older brother, Greg Ginn. He has subsequently become widely recognized in the fine art world for using American iconography variously pulled from literature, art history, philosophy, and religion to politics, sport, and sexuality. Early life The fourth of five children born to R.C.K. Ginn, an English teacher who published several spy novels; his mother was a housewife. Pettibon grew up in Hermosa Beach, California. He was raised Christian Scientist. He earned an economics degree from UCLA in 1977 and worked as a high school mathematics teacher in the L.A. public school system for a short period, before pursuing and completing his BFA in 1977. In 1976, his brother, guitarist/songwriter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Meese
Jonathan Meese (born January 23, 1970, in Tokyo) is a German painter, sculptor, performance artist, and installation artist based in Berlin and Hamburg. Meese's (often multi-media) works include paintings, collages, drawings and writing. He also designs theater sets and wrote and starred in a play, ''De Frau: Dr. Poundaddylein - Dr. Ezodysseusszeusuzur'' in 2007 at the Volksbühne Theater. He is mainly concerned with personalities of world history, primordial myths and heroes. Jonathan Meese lives and works in Ahrensburg and Berlin. Life and work Childhood and youth (1970–1995) Jonathan Meese was born as a third child of his parents, a German and a Welsh, in Tokyo, Japan. His mother, Brigitte Renate Meese, returned to Germany in the mid-1970s. His father, the banker Reginald Selby Meese, born in Newport (Wales), lived in Japan until his death in 1988. Since Meese only spoke English after his return to Germany, he had difficulties adapting. After a period spent in Scotland, his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joss McKinley
Joss McKinley is a British photographer. McKinley studied graphic design at Central Saint Martins, London. After graduating in 2003 he went on to a masters in photography at the University of the Arts London. He is both an art and commercial photographer and his works consist of still life, landscapes and portraits. His work has been collected by several public museums including the Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam and the National Portrait Gallery, London. McKinley works on assignments for publications including ''The New Yorker'', ''The New York Times'', ''WSJ.'', ''W Magazine'', ''Vogue'' and ''AnOther Magazine ''Another Magazine'', styled ''AnOther'', is an international fashion and culture Culture ( ) is a concept that encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and Social norm, norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, bel ...''. References External linksJoss McKinley's Website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Vas
Abdul Vas (born 15 March 1981 in Maracay, Venezuela) is a contemporary artist. He grew up living between Suriname, Guyana, and Belgium. After studies at EAVRA in Maracay and at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam he lives and works in Amsterdam and Madrid. He has created handmade books and zines, photographs, collages, drawings, paintings and murals. Vas's work has been discussed and reviewed in ''Vice'', ''Rolling Stone'', ABC (newspaper), ''Esquire'', and ''The New York Times''. In 2009, he was selected for the Beijing Biennale. His works are part of various collections internationally, and have been exhibited throughout the , |
Dr Lakra
Jerónimo López Ramírez (born 1972), known as Dr Lakra, is a Mexican artist and tattooist based in Oaxaca. He has shown work internationally in exhibitions including at Tate Modern and Barbican Centre in London, Drawing Center in New York City, in Mexico, and Yokohama Museum of Art in Japan. His works are held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Hammer Museum and Walker Art Center. Work Apart from tattooing, his art involves embellishing found images and objects—for instance, dolls, old medical illustrations, and pictures in 1950s Mexican magazines—with macabre or tattoo-style designs. Family He is the son of the graphic artist Francisco Toledo and Elisa Ramírez Castañeda, a Mexican anthropologist and poet. He is also the brother of Natalia Toledo (poet) and Laureana Toledo (artist). Publications *''Los Dos Amigos'' (2007) – with Abraham Cruzvillegas Exhibitions/projects * 1993 Dr Lakra, Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin * 2005 ''Los Dos Amigos'', Dr. Lakra & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tal R
Tal Rosenzweig (; born 1967), known as Tal R, is a Danish artist based in Copenhagen. Life and work Tal R was born in Israel and moved to Denmark with his family when he was one year old. He studied at Billedskolen, Copenhagen, from 1986 to 1988 and at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1994 to 2000. Tal R's painting style is described as "kolbojnik", which means "left-overs", a Hebrew word for "jack-of-all-trades." He has shown work in exhibitions including ''Bicycle Thieves'' at Beret International Gallery in Chicago, ''House of Prince'' at Douglas Hyde Gallery in Dublin, ''The Gallery Show'' at the Royal Academy of Art in London and ''Ars Fennica'' at Henna and Pertti Niemisto Art Foundation in Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali .... A LUX magazine a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olaf Breuning
Olaf Breuning (born February 16, 1970)SIK ISEAOlaf Breuning/ref> is a Swiss-born artist, born in Schaffhausen, who lives in New York City. Works *''Home 1/Home 2'' (2004/7) 30 minute video starring Brian Kerstetter. ''Home 1'' is presented as a double-projection, where the main character can no longer distinguish the difference between reality and fiction. He wanders around a hotel room telling stories about himself and other people to the camera. As he tells the stories, they are simultaneously seen on the opposite screen. In '' Home 2'' Brian Kerstetter plays an ignorant tourist staggering around the world from Switzerland to Africa and Japan to Papua New Guinea, crashing his western mentality upon the exotic places he goes. *''Ugly Yelp'' (2000), ''Apes'' (2001), ''King'' (2001), ''Hello Darkness'' (2002) With these installations, Breuning creates theatrical atmospheres using sound, video and light. These installations have been shown in many museums and are owned by colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Stone
Matthew Stone (born 1982 in London, England) is a London-based artist. He is part of the South London art collective !Wowow!. Stone graduated from Camberwell College of Arts, London in 2004. He currently stages performances and films. In 2007, his first solo show, entitled "Futurehindsight", took place at UNION in London. In November 2009, Stone topped the arts section in a "Power players Under 30" list compiled by the Sunday Times. Stone frequently collaborates with FKA Twigs and created the album artwork for 2019's '' Magdalene''. In November 2011, Stone had an exhibition at Kathy Grayson's "The Hole" Gallery Gallery or The Gallery may refer to: * Gallery (surname), a surname Arts, entertainment, and media * Art gallery ** Contemporary art gallery ** Online art gallery Music * Gallery (band), an American soft rock band of the 1970s Albums * ' ... entitled Optimism as Cultural Rebellion, the same name as his blog. Stone has had subsequent exhibitions at the Hole in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terence Koh
Terence Koh (born 1977 in Beijing, China ) is a Canadian artist who has also worked under the alias "asianpunkboy". The artist's work spans a range of media, including drawing, sculpture, video, performance, and the internet. Originally working under the alias asianpunkboy, Koh designed zines and custom-made books. His recent work has expanded to include durational performances, complex installations, and the exploration of natural ecosystems. Much of his diverse work involves queer, punk, and pornographic sensibilities. In 2008, he was listed in ''Out'' magazine's "Out 100 People of the Year". Early life and education Koh was raised in Mississauga, Ontario, and now lives in Northern California. He is a Chinese-Canadian artist who received degrees from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver and The University of Waterloo, Ontario. Career Koh's work was included in the Whitney Biennial (2004), and the Yokohama Triennial (2008). In 2008, he was a finalist for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boo Saville
Boo Saville (born 15 January 1980) is a contemporary artist. Early life Saville was born in Norwich, and has a sister, also an artist Jenny Saville. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Slade School of Fine Art in 2004. Career Saville has been known to do detailed drawings using Biros as her main material, her work focusing on the decomposition of the body after death. Her work includes ''Jericho'' (2009), ''Dissected Head'' (2014), ''Snakes'' (2014), ''Cry'' (2018), ''One Thing After Another (Morning, Afternoon, Evening, Night)'' (2022). She has exhibited widely in London and Europe. She received attention when her work was selected by Nicholas Forrest as Critics Choice at Saatchi Online. and had work exhibited in ''Black Dog- Yellow House,'' a group show curated by Rachel Howard. Her work has been associated with New Gothic Art.Gavin, Francesca. ''Hell Bound: New Gothic Art''. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2008 and she runs a blog collecting images and quotes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
