Peter Saville

Famous Graphic Designer and is most famous for designing record sleeves. Saville heightened his view on modernism when he moved to London and worked on projects for virgin and was given some jobs  by some known people in the music industry such as Duran Duran and Wham. Although Saville primarily worked on factory record he broadened his horizon when he started entering into fashion and working with names such as Selfridges and working alongside fashion photographers.  To me Saville plays around with his designs  and makes something old seem new or something unfamiliar seem enviable. Peters work has become so influential in the graphic design world i doubt there is a graphic designer, graphic design student or any one that has an interest in graphic design or record art work that does not know about graphic design. He has made his name through popular artists, photographers and brands and has helped modernised the world of graphic design even before the time for it to be modernised had came. He had ideas that were for today, modern day designs and had designed them years before now.

Designmuseum.org.design/peter-saville

Book.youworkforthem.com

Banksy

Banksy is an anonymous street artist. The appeal his anonymity has on him gives him mass effect in the sense that no one knows who has created this masterpiece on streets or in some cases ever their property. There has been some speculation regarding Banksy identity. Photos of a middle aged man have been shown online and in newspapers apparently revealing ‘Banksy’ but this is not water tight evidence and he still remains somewhat of a mystery.  Banksy art work is controversial yet humerous. For example he stencilled two police officers kissing on a public brick wall and also a police man bending down sniffing cocaine from the floor. To most this is comical and very funny to see. Although Banksy is anonymous it makes me wonder whether it is just his face  that is now nameless. I say this because according to quickagram.com/user/21269821 he has a management team to manage is schedule and artwork and also that he is the son of a photographer from Bristol.  Personally when i look at Banksys art work online, in a book,  canvas, etc, i always think if i was to see stencil work like that sprayed across the streets of my town, id look forward to stepping foot outside my front door each and every day. If you haven’t already before below are some of the art work Banksy has produced and blessed the streets with.

quickagram.com/user/21269821

Banksy.co.uk

www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/banksy

Martha cooper

Martha cooper is the only current female photographer  focusing on the urban underground graffiti art scene. Martha is from the USA Baltimore.  Martha Became very interested in the urban world of graffiti when she returned from her studies and took pictures of people in and around her a neighbourhood. Is was here where she meet with a fellow neighbour who enlightened her of the world of graffiti  and showed Martha the spot where some tagging took place. Growing increasingly interested with the more information she was being fed Martha asked to contact the ‘graffiti king’. After a while Martha was allowed to be introduced to the graffiti king Dundi. After building some trust Dundi allowed Martha to tour with him and photograph some of his ‘tagging’. According to Martha Coopers book ‘Subway art’ shows Martha saying, "We may have lost the trains...".  by this i get the feeling she means so much art work has been plastered over trains that the trains have lost the identity of being actual trains and are now just art. A response to this comment was made by Henry Chalfont  saying "...but we've gained the whole world." Below are some pictures illustrating some of the work Cooper photographed throughout her career.

http://www.urbanartcore.eu/top-urban-art-photographers/

http://www.doobybrain.com/2011/12/22/martha-cooper-photographs-the-wynwood-walls/

http://www.amazon.com/Subway-Art-25th-Anniversary-Edition/dp/0811868877

Barbara Kruger

Barbara Kruger is an American intangible artist whos work mostly uses black & white photos lapped with text usually in white and red. Kruger was born in New Jersey and graduated Weequahic High School and Syracuse University after she studied art and design. Kruger's work more often than not include issues such as feminism and aggressive topics. Kruger often uses words such as words like ‘you’ and ‘we’ to differentiate between male and female. Her red and white bold text over lapping a black and white image are widely used in a range of magazines and her work is highly recognizable.  Text shown on http://www.eng.fju.edu.tw/Literary_Criticism/feminism/kruger/kruger.htm supports this statement ” Usually declarative or accusatory in tone, these phrases posit an opposition between the pronouns "you" and "we," which satirically refer to "men" and "women."  These humorous works suspend the viewer between the fascination of the image and the indictment of the text while reminding us that language and its use within culture to construct and maintina proverbs, jobs, jokes, myths, and history reinforce the interests and perspective of those who control it”

http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/feminist/Barbara-Kruger.html

http://www.barbarakruger.com/biography.shtml