Katja Novitskova

http://katjanovi.net/

Katja is an artist that lives in Amsterdam.  In an interview she talked about animals being a form of technology, she turned the images into almost sculpture.  She talked about how animals are more complex then anything manmade.  I couldn't find much on her, and her website is difficult to navigate.

I believe the animal photos she uses are images she found and then made large prints of to cut out and stand them up.  I choose her because the animal cutouts are taken out of context without a background or even the animals whole body making them seem to be phasing through the floor and placed in the middle of a cleared space.  I like the giraffe cutout because at first I thought it was an image of the giraffes heads edited into a room, and they really seemed to come through the floor.

MyeongBeom Kim

South Korean artist, went to university of Seoul (Seoul, Korea) for his BFA (Environmental Sculpture) and to the school of art institute of Chicago for his MFA(Sculpture).

I choose this artist because I love the way he combines man made objects with nature. He combines them in ways that make them seem like they belong together.

George Christakis

George Christakis is 25 years old and he was born in Greece, Crete.  He uses digital techniques to create his artwork.  He thinks of his work as somewhat surreal,  conceptual, and "landscapes with a bit of craziness." His work involves painting and photographs.  His biggest inspiration is music.  He makes work for book covers and albums.  

I chose this artist because,  of the peacefulness of their work,  while also having a sense of risk.  The people in his work seem to be isolated from everyone, but also free from everyone.  Showing the person in such a big space, the person is so small in scale,  in the work.  But there present is very strong to me, the person is not afraid to take risks,  and not afraid to be alone.  

http://500px.com/GeorgeChristakis