01. FRIDA KAHLO
(Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird)
Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits and self-portraits. Her paintings often had strong autobiographical elements as she employed a naive folk art style to expore questions of identity; postcolonialism gender; class and race in Mexican society.
Kahlo is celebrated for her attention to Mexican and indigenous culture and for her depiction of the female experience and form.
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02. ANDY WHARHOL
(John Lennon 1960's)
Andy Wharhol was one of the most profilic and popular artists of his time who became a symbol of the 1960's POP ART movement defined as: "Popular (designed for a mass audience), Expendable (easily forgotten) and Low cost," artwork.
Out of many, Wharhol's most famous portraits include Marylin Monroe; Mao Tse-tung and the iconic Campbell's soup cans.
Such art movement therefore became significant as it was (then) perceived as a revolt against the dominant approaches to art and culture and traditional views on what art could (and should) be.
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03. BASQUIAT
(Cabeza)
Jean-Michel-Basquiat was an American painter known for his highly expressionistic work that mixed graffiti and signs with the
gestural and intuitive approach of Abstract Expressionist painting.
In addition to a remarkable signature painting style, Basquiat used social commentary in his paintings as a tool for introspection and for identifying with his experiences in
the black community of his time, as well as attacks on power structures and systems of racism.
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