Realist

I discovered artist John Baldessari a few weeks ago when having a stumble through Tumblr. I was really fascinated by his work. An exceptional talent, John is 83 years old at present and living in America.  I was really intrigued by his artwork. It's extremely simple and clean. However I suppose when I initially saw his pieces I was interested in the affect removing the faces creates for a viewer. To a large extent it is what you might consider dehumanizing. His work is undoubtedly thought provoking to say the least which is why I decided to share it. 

Luis' work popped up on my tumblr newsfeed a while back and I really loved it. I'm always fascinated by things which seem shocking and offensive but Luis' work evidently has a much deeper purpose. Undoubtedly his work is shocking but offers a very interesting critique of society and modern cultural phenomenons.  I've recently being covering some interesting material on biopolitics, a Foucaltian idea. Whereby an individual is governed by a variety of different things such as media, technologies, educations etc. By governed I mean regulated or controlled so to speak. Interestingly I have been focusing on media as a means of regulating.  In relation to Luis Quiles work I think it's interesting to consider how some social medias and online medias regulate gender roles and simultaneously sexism.  This second image I found extremely interesting. Instagram as many of you know, is an app designed to share photos and consequently focuses upon the vis...