1000 words to talk about 2 artists or artworks that are chosen from the list.

PAPER should have as minimum 1000 WORDS

Choose 2 artists or artworks from the list below. Write 500 words each on why you think this artist’s work is important. Write about specific works / images. Issues you might consider; what sets the work apart from other work in that medium? Is the cultural context of the work important (when it was made and in what political/cultural climate)? What do you learn/experience from this artist’s work, how did it change/challenge your previous ideas?

Edward Muybridge – 19^thc. sequential photography

George Melies – early film

Winsor McCay – early animation

Alexander Rodchenko – photography / design / Soviet avant-garde

Dziga Vertov – filmmaker / Man with a Movie Camera / Soviet avant-garde

Sergei Eisenstein – filmmaker / Battleship Potemkin / Soviet avant-garde

Ana Mendieta – performance

Marina Abramovic – performance

Lily McElroy – performance

Jean Michel Basquiat – painter / graffiti

Un Chien Andalou (Dali and Bunuel) – surrealism / film

Maya Deren – film

John Heartfield – photomontage

Nikki S. Lee -conceptual photography

Carrie Mae Weems – conceptual photography

Vik Muniz – conceptual photography

Lily McElroy – performance

Penelope Umbrico – conceptual photography

Carrie Mae Weems – conceptual photography

Lotte Reiniger – early animation / Prince Achmed

The Brothers Quay – animation

La Jetee (Chris Marker) – film

Kara Walker – installation/graphic arts

Banksy – graffiti

Layla Ali – artist / illustration

Cindy Sherman – artist / conceptual photography

Nick Cave – fashion / performance / sculpture

Sherin Neshat – photography / film / installation

NOTES:

1- use APA format.

2- you should cite every piece of information you use in both context and the references

3- Follow and answer the questions that mentioned at the beginning of this assignment. and give a good explanation for your choice and answers.

4- NO plarigism.