The Heather Marie Scholl Special continues today with four further female artists who inspire her.
Remember that you can support Scholl's Kickstarter campaign (running through July 9th, 2014) to help crowdfunding the installation project "Sometimes It's hard to be a Woman" or meet her at the RAW Showcase (Brooklyn, 24th July 2014). Here Scholl will take part in an excitingly epic experimental performance piece with Alexzandria Jade that will turn into a journey of discovery for many art and fashion fans, so try not to miss it.
Faith Ringgold
Ringgold is an African American quilt and fiber artist. She combines the traditions of quilt making and Buddhist Thangkas to tell stories of race in America. The stories in each quilt combine non-fictional with fictional narratives, much the way our beliefs around race were created, she deconstructs them.
Bourgeois was an artist all her life, though only came to be seen by the art world very late in life. She was picked up as a figure of the feminist art movement of the 70's. Though she never meant to attach herself to it. Her work is sculptural from ceramics, large metal pieces, to fiber arts. She created in 3D but let her inspiration and stories dictate the materials she used. Her work is deeply personal: through is she explored her relationship with her father, emotions, childhood trauma and sexuality and how they interacted with each other.
Francesca Woodman
Woodman worked with photography taking ethereal black and white photos of herself and other female models. Her images evoke strong emotions using many surrealist tropes and ghost like long exposure techniques. I'm often drawn to artists that are able to evoke a strong visceral reaction and Woodman does this with impressive skill.
Kara Walker
Walker is a contemporary artist, although trained in 2D fine art her most well known work is sculptural and installation work. Her cut silhouettes brought her into public awareness in a big way. And now her new installation A Subtlety at the Domino Sugar factory in Brooklyn has taken her work to a new level. Through a careful use of mediums and stories she evokes powerful emotional reactions from the viewer. But a reaction that forces one to look at race in America, its history, and how it continues on personal level. There are few artists that can manage to be both so political in content while making work that feels organic and emotive.
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