21st Century Artists

Yulia Brodskaya is one of many artists in the 21st Century that is creating beautifully innovative artwork. Art is now very dynamic, which is aided by the internet and mass media art. It can be argued that pop culture and art are now intertwined. When Yulia first began illustrating her art was inspired by pop images and used for advertising, but she has recently found a passion in creating beautiful art with paper. Read the following links and respond to the following question below.

Henri Matisse
Yulia Brodskaya

After reading Matisse's and Yulia's thoughts on their paper artwork what similarities can you find between the two artists and their work?

Standards:

Standard 1: Students will demonstrate competence in the use of ideas, materials, techniques, and processes in the creation of works of visual art.

Standard 3: The students will examine the content of works of visual art and use elements from them in creating his or her own works.

Standard 4: The student will understand the visual arts in relation to history and world cultures and the technologies, tools, and materials used by artists.

Standard 5: The student will analyze and assess the characteristics and qualities of his or her own works of visual art and those of others