Michaels art is a volcanic explosion of vibrant colors. He started at a young age influenced by a 20th century master named Marc Chagall . He first saw his works at the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois. It was history from that moment on he knew what he wanted to do. He studied fine art as well as advertising and design in college and worked as an art restorer for many companies in Illinois. From there he became a Gallery Director selling art work from around the world while maintaining his painting, which was inspired by the artists that he met. Michael has also sold his sculptures and paintings for more than a decade. His clients enjoy his use of bright, vivid colors which create non discriminating images of people, still life's and landscapes. These pieces have touched their hearts in a unique, warm fashion.
Let's look at the art of 'Christo'
in Homage to 'Christo' and to celebrate the District 214 'Fund the Future', we are designing a 'wrap' for the event...
The design concept was based on the already shown banner length and lighting. We would use different materials, also perhaps using a company that has wrapped a building before, then post event, share the material pieces within the community.
While these concepts are based on STEM, we say steAM, with the 'A' being ART...
The "wrapping" is NOT at all the common denominator of the works. What is really the common denominator is the use of fabric, cloth, textile. Fragile, sensual and temporary materials which translate the temporary character of the works of art.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude were both born on June 13, 1935. In 1994 they decided to officially change the artist name "Christo" into: the artists "Christo and Jeanne-Claude." They have been working together since their first outdoor temporary work: Stacked Oil Barrels and Dockside Packages, Cologne Harbor, 1961. Because Christo was already an artist when they met in 1958 in Paris, and Jeanne-Claude was not an artist then, they have decided that their name will be "Christo and Jeanne-Claude," NOT "Jeanne-Claude and Christo."
Throughout the millenniums, for 5,000 years, artists have tried to input a variety of different qualities into their works of art. They have used different materials: marble, stone, bronze, wood, fresco and paint. They have created mythological and religious images, figurative and abstract images. They have tried to do bigger or smaller works and a lot of different qualities. But there is one quality they have never used, and that is the quality of love and tenderness that human beings have for what does not last. For instance, they have love and tenderness for childhood because they know it will not last. They have love and tenderness for their own life because they know it will not last. Christo and Jeanne-Claude wish to donate this quality of love and tenderness to their work, as an additional aesthetic quality.
source: https://christojeanneclaude.net/
