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TOP 200 ARTISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY TO NOW
TIMES READERS AND SAATCHI ONLINE VISITORS VOTE FOR THEIR FAVOURITE ARTISTS
AFTER 1.4 MILLION VOTES WERE CAST, HERE ARE YOUR LEADING 200 ARTISTS:
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| - | Paul Cezanne |
| - | Gustav Klimt |
| - | Claude Monet |
| - | Marcel Duchamp |
| - | Henri Matisse |
| - | Jackson Pollock |
| - | Andy Warhol |
| - | Willem De Kooning |
| - | Piet Mondrian |
| - | Paul Gauguin |
| - | Francis Bacon |
| - | Robert Rauschenberg |
| - | Georges Braque |
| - | Wassily Kandinsky |
| - | Constantin Brancusi |
| - | Kasimir Malevich |
| - | Jasper Johns |
| - | Frida Kahlo |
| - | Martin Kippenberger |
| - | Paul Klee |
| - | Egon Schiele |
| - | Donald Judd |
| - | Bruce Nauman |
| - | Alberto Giacometti |
| - | Salvador Dalí |
| - | Auguste Rodin |
| - | Mark Rothko |
| - | Edward Hopper |
| - | Lucian Freud |
| - | Richard Serra |
| - | Rene Magritte |
| - | David Hockney |
| - | Philip Guston |
| - | Henri Cartier-Bresson |
| - | Pierre Bonnard |
| - | Jean-Michel Basquiat |
| - | Max Ernst |
| - | Diane Arbus |
| - | Georgia O'Keeffe |
| - | Cy Twombly |
| - | Max Beckmann |
| - | Barnett Newman |
| - | Giorgio De Chirico |
| - | Roy Lichtenstein |
| - | Edvard Munch |
| - | Pierre Auguste Renoir |
| - | Man Ray |
| - | Henry Moore |
| - | Cindy Sherman |
| - | Jeff Koons |
| - | Tracey Emin |
| - | Damien Hirst |
| - | Yves Klein |
| - | Henri Rousseau |
| - | Chaim Soutine |
| - | Arshile Gorky |
| - | Amedeo Modigliani |
| - | Umberto Boccioni |
| - | Jean Dubuffet |
| - | Eva Hesse |
| - | Edouard Vuillard |
| - | Carl Andre |
| - | Juan Gris |
| - | Lucio Fontana |
| - | Franz Kline |
| - | David Smith |
| - | Joseph Beuys |
| - | Alexander Calder |
| - | Louise Bourgeois |
| - | Marc Chagall |
| - | Gerhard Richter |
| - | Balthus |
| - | Joan Miro |
| - | Ernst Ludwig Kirchner |
| - | Frank Stella |
| - | Georg Baselitz |
| - | Francis Picabia |
| - | Jenny Saville |
| - | Dan Flavin |
| - | Alfred Stieglitz |
| - | Anselm Kiefer |
| - | Matthew Barney |
| - | George Grosz |
| - | Bernd And Hilla Becher |
| - | Sigmar Polke |
| - | Brice Marden |
| - | Maurizio Cattelan |
| - | Sol LeWitt |
| - | Chuck Close |
| - | Edward Weston |
| - | Joseph Cornell |
| - | Karel Appel |
| - | Bridget Riley |
| - | Alexander Archipenko |
| - | Anthony Caro |
| - | Richard Hamilton |
| - | Clyfford Still |
| - | Luc Tuymans |
| - | Claes Oldenburg |
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| Anyta Thomas |
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Born and raised in New Jersey, the world of art and I connected at age 3. I grew from learning and drawing from flash cards, to entering competitions in junior high. It was not just drawing that interested me in my teens. I chose to explore the entire gamut. I dabbled in singing, but it was not for me. I danced for 10 years with the Sydney School of Dance, which only enhanced my ability to free myself physically and mentally. I played the trumpet all thru junior high and high school. Through music I had the opportunity to play jazz with my high school ensemble in London. To this day I appreciate all forms of jazz, from Miles Davis, Duke Ellington to Rick Braun, Dave Cos, Chris Boti to Kaiko Matsui. I consider myself and art explorer; a seeker of self expression tools. Poetry is another passion of mine. I have a journal in which I have poems written from age 10 to age 30. It is like recording your life in code. In high school, I new I would be some sort of designer. My choices went from architect, mechanical engineering, to graphic design. Since college and to this day, Graphic Design is my love and profession, but Sculpting has become my passion. My sculptures actually feed from my design knowledge.
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| About the Artist |
I found screen mesh wire to be my voice for learning the most about the non-corporal me and for changing how people view themselves and life. My use of this medium introduces change and opens ones eyes to possibilities. Through this, my work crosses many barriers of race, class, gender, and socio-economy. Through these believes, I was grant a Leeway Grant in 2005 for a solo exhibit, which hosted over 200 guests. Sculpting is literally an extension of my existence. My work is inspired by self discovery and my life experiences. My work uses both sides of the brain, which is fascinating. It is a mathematical equation composed of light, space, balance, composition, simplicity, beauty, dimension and volume. Each piece carries its own story and poetic energy. Those who interact with my art automatically feel its energy, because the mind is not quite sure how to interpret was it is seeing. The eyes of the viewer are in disbelief, which makes them become that much more involved with each piece. The up close dramatic composition, the changing perspective views, and the transparent intricacies, leave a powerful impression with each viewer. Without these essentials, stands a simple piece of aluminum screen wire.
My vision is to touch the lives of those who find it hard to express themselves, through any other means. I want my art to be that vessel, which others use to connect with their soul, inner-spirit, and/or memories. I want my art to serve as a way to seek inner-peace with stress, hardship, and life’s uncertainties, while reflecting on life’s treasures.
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Mo Betta Blues I
2007 mesh wire 14'h x 10"w x 10"d |
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sculpture is created from the mind. no model, mold, or resource used. |
Jammin
2008 Wire mesh 36h x 60w x9d |
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painted screen |
Feel the Groove 3
2008 wire mesh 36h x 30w x 7d |
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painted mesh |
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| Education and biography |
University of Delaware, BA in Arts and Science with a concentration in visual communications. 1998
Art Institute of Philadelphia
As Technical Degree in Graphic Design. 2001
Most Recent Exhibitions:
Mainline Unitarian Church, Fireside Gallery, Radnor, PA October 2006
Art Institute of Philadelphia, Exhibit Title: Annual Alumni Show, November 2006
African American Art Museum of Philadelphia, Exhibit Title: Silent Voices, Loud Echoes, December 2006
National Black Fine Arts Expo
New York, February 2007
Manhattan Arts International Online Juried Gallery Exhibit
Exhibit title: Her Story
April 2006
HGTV (Home & Garden Channel)Show: That's Clever
Air date: April 13th 2007, 1pm et/pt
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