Shepard Fairey

Fairey’s work is world famous, with it being printed on t-shirts, mugs and posters, you can’t escape his artwork. It’s unique with it’s bold use of reds and creams and backs. The use of a minimalist colour palette shows how impact images can be even with the littlest of colour. Within Fairey’s manifesto he describes his movement as an attempt ‘to enable people to see clearly something that is right before their eyes but obscured; things that are so taken for granted that they are muted by abstract observation.’ which in a sense encompasses what postmodernism’s about, looking beyond what you are used to seeing and searching for a deeper meaning. His art inspires a lot of my own especially the way he shades and uses colour and lines in his own work.

Keith Haring

Haring is an iconic artist within the post modernism who wanted his artwork to be widely available to the people, even creating a pop up shop which ‘Haring considered the shop to be an extension of his work and painted the entire interior of the store in an abstract black on white mural, creating a striking and unique retail environment. The shop was intended to allow people greater access to his work, which was now readily available on products at a low cost.’ Haring wanted his artwork not just to be for the elite but for everyone, which is why his artwork is so recognisable.

Jean-micheal Basquiat

Basquiat’s work isn’t a well known as the other two artists yet he has still impacted our world and especially postmodernism, his work is inspired ‘from his urban origins, and in another a more distant, African-Caribbean heritage.’ which can be seen in the use of vibrant colours and the designs of his figures. Basquiat rose to fame quickly within the art community, his work is both a live and intricate and although his painting can come across as messy they are well thought out, intricate as well as being expressive, he used his work to speak out against racism, he also collaborated with Andy Warhol on multiple painting.

Reference:

Jean-Micheal Basquiat. 2017. Jean-Micheal Basquiat. [ONLINE] Available at: http://basquiat.com/. [Accessed 5 December 2017].

Keith Haring. 2017. Keith Haring – pop shop. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.haring.com/!/pop-shop. [Accessed 5 December 2017].

Keith Haring. 2017. Keith Haring Bio. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.haring.com/!/about-haring/bio#.Wiiaj0pl9PY. [Accessed 5 December 2017].

Shepard Fairey. 2017. make art not war. [ONLINE] Available at: https://obeygiant.com/prints/make-art-not-war-offset/. [Accessed 5 December 2017].

Shepard Fairey. 2017. Manifesto. [ONLINE] Available at: https://obeygiant.com/propaganda/manifesto/. [Accessed 5 December 2017].

Jean-Micheal Basquiat. 2017. Jean-Micheal Basquiat. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.theartstory.org/artist-basquiat-jean-michel.htm. [Accessed 5 December 2017].