Wolfgang Tillmans

Wolfgang Tillmans' installations are what supremely motivates and inspires me as far as his absurdist narrative and installations that defy what is normally accepted in a gallery or museum setting. I always appreciate when artists push the boundaries of the contemporary art world and are successful doing it. His practices are especially inspiring in terms of the work I'm making currently and influences my decision making as far as how I install my work and curate the space.
Wolfgang Tillmans

William James Broadhurst

His landscapes and lighting truly intrigue me. His pictures also capture a sense of simplicity. 

Artist

I'm not sure if I have featured him in here before, however none the less I feel compelled this week to talk about Richard Prince's work.

I first came to know of his work last year and quickly made the decision that I hated his work and the practice of it. However, in the past 4-5 months my own approach to art has started to shift and as I begin to put together my final for concepts it's kind of symbolic that I talk about the art of appropriation. This semester has been a bit of a journey in relation to the development of my artistic process and to come away from it, appreciating and being to drawn to his work is extremely surprising and signifies a big shift in myself!

Sarah Mei Herman

Sarah Mei Herman's work centers around relationships between people, especially siblings. Her images document the growth of siblings (or other relationshipa) and display their relationships through actual physical contact and proximity to one another.

I would really like to incorporate more of an actual documentation of the current relationships in my family to play with the inclusion of my older images, so Herman's work is something I would like to spend more time with.

Jessica Berry - Artist

Jason Lazarus

To Hard To Keep

“THTK (2010-Present)” 
(Too Hard to Keep) is a growing archive of photos too painful to live with any longer. This repository is a place for photographs, photo-objects, and digital files to exist without being destroyed. Site-specific installations continue to be curated out of the expanding collection. 

Participants may dictate whether the photographs submitted to the archive may be exhibited in the future with other submissions or are photographs that are only to be displayed face down. 

Tiziano demuro

I think that this artist had some very interesting ideas when it came to collage art. I love the very graphic quality that he creates from the his cutting and layering techniques. I feel like these types of techniques would work well with my current project as it has progressed so far.

Marla Rutherford

Marla Rutherford

I picked Marla Rutherford because often her portraits are unique and stand out. She picks great characters for he po
rtraits and is able to grasp their personality, or what she wants us to think, perfectly. She also uses lighting well, with even tones.