Ai Weiwei is a conceptual artist focusing on free expression and social criticism, who is based in his home country of China. He was born in Beijing, China in 1957. Weiwei joined the Beijing Film academy in 1978 where he studied animation. In his earlier years, between 1981 and 1993 he spent some of his time in the U.S, primarily in New York where he studied briefly at the Parsons School of Design, as well as at the Art Students League of New York. During this time, he found himself exposed to the works of Andy Warhol, Marcel Duchamp and American printmaker, Jasper Johns who had quite an impact on him, so he started to create conceptual art pieced by re-using old objects and turning them into something new
Tara Donovan
Tara Donovan is an American contemporary artist focused in sculptural and organic subject matter. She was born in Flushings, Queens, in 1969. She grew up in Nyack, New York and began her studies at the School of Visual Arts, where she went on to study at the Corcoran College of Art and Design. Her work features everyday manufactured items such as Scotch Tape, styrofoam cups, paper plates, toothpicks etc to create large scale sculptures. Donovan has revealed that she first picks the material before deciding what can be done with it.
Tara Donovan is an American contemporary artist focused in sculptural and organic subject matter. She was born in Flushings, Queens, in 1969. She grew up in Nyack, New York and began her studies at the School of Visual Arts, where she went on to study at the Corcoran College of Art and Design. Her work features everyday manufactured items such as Scotch Tape, styrofoam cups, paper plates, toothpicks etc to create large scale sculptures. Donovan has revealed that she first picks the material before deciding what can be done with it.
Antony Gormley
Anthony Gormley is best known for his work names the Angel of the North, which was commissioned in 1994. He grew up as part of a wealthy Roman Catholic family in Dewsbury Moor, West Yorkshire. He studied at Ampleforth College, a boarding school in Yorkshire before he studied at Trinity College in Cambridge, from 1968 - 1971.
Anthony Gormley is best known for his work names the Angel of the North, which was commissioned in 1994. He grew up as part of a wealthy Roman Catholic family in Dewsbury Moor, West Yorkshire. He studied at Ampleforth College, a boarding school in Yorkshire before he studied at Trinity College in Cambridge, from 1968 - 1971.
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