Anselm Kiefer - Confronting Culture

Anselm Kiefer - Resurrexit - 1973 - Oil, acrylic, and charcoal on burlap, 290 x 180 cm (114 3/16 x 70 7/8 in) - Collection Sanders, Amsterdam (click photo for larger image)German artist Anselm Kiefer (born 1945) is an internationally known painter, photographer, and sculptor, who was among the first artists to unflinchingly address issues of Germany’s more recent past--the rise of Nazism. Kiefer studied with Joseph Beuys and Peter Dreher during the 1970s. His works incorporate materials such as straw, ash, clay, lead, and shellac. 

CREEPY!

Jessica Harrison - “Armchair” 2009, Mixed Media, 8cm x 7cm x 6cm (click photo for larger image)Edinburgh-based artist Jessica Harrison’s (born 1982) collection of sculptures titled “Handheld” appear to be made out of real flesh, skin and hair. In actuality, she makes them by casting the palms and backs of her hands. These feel a bit creepy, to be sure! But Harrison also works with a variety of other materials, including stone, silicone and porcelain--among others. Visit her website to enjoy her highly creative works of art.

Coffee Portraiture

Mike Breach - Latte Portrait (click photo for larger image)Mike Breach began experimenting with coffee and milk foam portraits at his job in a hotel kitchen!

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Hong Yi (Red) - Jay Chou Coffee Stain PortraitMeanwhile, Malaysian artist and architect, Hong Yi who goes by the nickname “Red” also creates amazing portraits using coffee (along with a number of other food items). It will be well worth your time to visit her website.

Helen Frankenthaler

Helen Frankenthaler - Mountains and Sea - 1952 - Oil on canvas - 7' 2 5/8" x 9' 9 1/4" - National Gallery of Art, Washington (click photo for larger image)Helen Frankenthaler was an Abstract Expressionist, and a key figure in postwar painting in America.

“Born in New York in 1928, Helen Frankenthaler first studied with Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991) at the Dalton School. At Bennington College, Vermont, 1945-49, she received a disciplined grounding in Cubism from Paul Feeley (1919-1966), though her own instincts lay closer to the linear freedom of Arshile Gorky (c. 1902-1948) and the color improvisations of Wassily Kandinsky's (1866-1944) early work.....The work of Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) proved the decisive catalyst to the development of her style.”

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This is Not a Game, Sculpture of Giant Hands Playing with Life-Sized Tank and Toy Soldiers

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“This is not a game by artist Lorenzo Quinn is a large-scale sculptural installation of giant hands playing with a life-sized tank and toy soldiers. Exhibited on a floating platform at the 2011 Venice Bienalle, the installation featured a 37-ton Russian T-55 tank."

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Lorenzo Quinn (born 1966) is an Italian sculptor--and one of the five sons of the late actor Anthony Quinn. Lorenzo developed a love for art while in Rome. His sculptures are usually inspired by written works of his own, or by other authors. Lorenzo currently lives in Spain--but he works and is known internationally. He is widely regarded as one of today’s most important sculptures.