PAPER #3 – DUE MAY 7 – 1000 WORDS Choose 2 artists or artworks from the list below that were introduced in class this semester. 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 – 19thc. 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 Vavara Stepanova – Russian / Soviet Avant-garde Ana Mendieta - performance Marina Abramovic – 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 Layla Ali – artist / illustration Cindy Sherman – artist / conceptual photography Nick Cave – fashion / performance / sculpture Sherin Neshat – photography / film / installation .