Sepideh Salehi is an artist from Tehran, Iran, and currently works in New York. She uses a range of media, including drawing, painting, printmaking, and video. A lot of her work focuses on the role of women in society, including her Mohr Portrait and Women in the Street of Tehran series. One thing that I like about Salehi's work is her use of abstraction in portraits. She often abstracts the faces of her subjects using dynamic brushstrokes and shapes. Most of the women that she paints have their faces covered in some way, which is similar to what I am doing in my work. The role of women in Iran is very different than in the US, which is what I am familiar with, so I think that the content my work is somewhat different from hers, but I can definitely take inspiration from her work.
Kehinde Wiley is a New York based artist. He is known for realistic portraits with colorfully patterned backgrounds. His work incorporates poses from classic European paintings of nobility and aristocrats using black models to comment on the way that the world views black people. I really like the way he incorporates pattern into his work and the meaning behind the patterns and poses that he uses. I also like his bold use of colors. Although the content of my work is very different from his, I think the ways he incorporates content into his work though pattern could be useful for my work.
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AuthorI am an art student at Maggie Walker Governor's School. On this site I post project progress, research, and photos of my final work. Archives
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