Genesis Belanger is an American artist based primarily in New York. Her work explores and observes the visual and consumer culture in modern America alongside addressing themes such as Patriarchy. Works of Belanger that I am looking in inspiration for this brief are her ceramic sculptures, as she blurs together styles of Pop Art and Surrealism, depicting concepts through sculpture. Upon first glance, Belanger’s works present us with colourful, well composed, light heartened and almost a whimsical sense to her pieces. Further observation of her works allow us to notice the details of her works, where the soft coloured everyday items take on physical human features.
Kiki Smith is a German born American artist whose works areas themes of sex, birth, regeneration and mortality. One of Smiths core reasons to create things is to experience the process. Her style ranges amongst mysticism, catholic iconography, anatomical study, folklore and folk art. Kiki smith was a leading female figure of the late second to the early third wave of feminist art. I admire Smiths works as she explores and concerns herself with the figurative representations of nature and the anatomical body, primarily concerning her anatomical works with the female body.
