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Choose 2 artists or artworks from the list below that were introduced in class this semester. Write 500 wordseach 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