The world of art as a whole today’s art world is active, and there are a number of active works by styles associated with LGBTQ+ artists. These artists are very active dominating new ideas and creative works that are beyond the ordinary and glorify the queer community. In furtherance of this trend, the following summary includes some of the leading modern artists who self-identify as LGBT.
David Hockney
David Hockney is a contemporary British visual artist who is known as a painter, drawer and digital artist. His pieces typically tackle issues of sexuality and emphasize the viewers’ attention in color and volume. Hockney is one of the most widely known contemporary western artists because his works are applied in different niches.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat, an American-born artist, was one of the most important figures within the Neo-expressionist movement, and was known for his agitated and potent art concerned with issues of race, identity, and society. Basquiat’s art speaks to the people and is able to touch the hearts and minds of the audience and change many towards the better from generation to generation.
Kehinde Wiley
An American portrait painter whose works are replete with colors and highly unconventional portraiture is Kehinde Wiley. An artist whose work sees much activism relating to LGBTQ+ issues; Queer culture is in-fact the stereotype of sosnay. Speaking of emerging artists, Wiley is one of the more pragmatic and striking representatives of contemporary orientated art.
Tracey Emin
Tracey Emin is a British artist well known for her mixed media works that incorporate shocking figurative techniques of installations, drawings and text. Emin considers the problems of sexuality, identity as well as personal experience of a person and anticipates implications for her and others around – for the society.
The world of art as a whole today’s art world is active, and there are a number of active works by styles associated with LGBTQ+ artists. These artists are very active dominating new ideas and creative works that are beyond the ordinary and glorify the queer community. In furtherance of this trend, the following summary includes some of the leading modern artists who self-identify as LGBT.
David Hockney
David Hockney is a contemporary British visual artist who is known as a painter, drawer and digital artist. His pieces typically tackle issues of sexuality and emphasize the viewers’ attention in color and volume. Hockney is one of the most widely known contemporary western artists because his works are applied in different niches.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat, an American-born artist, was one of the most important figures within the Neo-expressionist movement, and was known for his agitated and potent art concerned with issues of race, identity, and society. Basquiat’s art speaks to the people and is able to touch the hearts and minds of the audience and change many towards the better from generation to generation.
Kehinde Wiley
An American portrait painter whose works are replete with colors and highly unconventional portraiture is Kehinde Wiley. An artist whose work sees much activism relating to LGBTQ+ issues; Queer culture is in-fact the stereotype of sosnay. Speaking of emerging artists, Wiley is one of the more pragmatic and striking representatives of contemporary orientated art.
Tracey Emin
Tracey Emin is a British artist well known for her mixed media works that incorporate shocking figurative techniques of installations, drawings and text. Emin considers the problems of sexuality, identity as well as personal experience of a person and anticipates implications for her and others around – for the society.
John Waters
Unlike many other filmmakers, John Waters was also known for being accomplished in several forms of art. Waters’ artworks and films tend to question the established notions of social order. Waters pulls off the impossible combination of producing films that are both risque, hilarious and brows thrashing.
Guadalupe Maravilla
Guadalupe Maravilla is Salvadoran American born artist whose practice deals with concepts around migration, identity and health recovery. The practice of Maravilla includes many autobiographic details of being an LGBTQ+ immigrant, as well as loud colors and textures that result in strong and engaging installations.
Contemporary art is being defined today by those unexpected perspectives, approaches, and works that these LGBTQ +artists have developed. Their history that these artists reconstruct in the works formed a culture that contains a unique understanding of the queer experience and identity. In traversing the narratives of contemporary art, these artists highlight the unification of art and LGBT identity in an exciting and motivating manner
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