Hi everyone.
I hope you won’t mind the change of tone with the
artist I have chosen !
I particularly like graphic art and portraiture, both of
which feature heavily in street art. I have a few favourite street artists and
I thought it would give us something different to look at.
My first thought was
to choose the artist known as Swoon. I love her work but I thought it might be
too limiting as she most often creates black and white portraits. Next I
thought of Alby Guillaume – there would be loads to inspire everyone from his
work. But in the end I have settled on Shamsia Hassani – a graffiti artist,
(amongst other things) from Kabul. I love that she is a strong and independent
woman, her reasons for making the art she
does and the stories she wants to tell the world about women in Afghanistan.
There is a short video you can watch to learn a bit more about her work here:
Hope you enjoy finding out about her and her work.
Claire
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I like your choice. Going to be very interesting.
ReplyDeleteThis is going to be interesting!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to this new challenge!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great choise, Claire. Hope I can make despite the the packing and moving.
ReplyDeleteSending you lots of love and luck for your move. X
DeleteI hope that we can send her images of the pieces we create - I'm sure she'd be chuffed!
ReplyDeleteSuper plan, Dianne, I hope she will.
DeleteWhat a fantastic idea. I will try and find out how to reach her. I'll keep you posted.
DeleteGreat idea Claire - I'm up for this.
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