Louise Despont

http://www.louisedespont.com/new-gallery-5/zw9hmfapnwggi88593cqbemzs0dspj

Artist Statement

I can relate to some of Jenny Holzer's artist statement:

Jenny Kendler's work explores human beings' complex relationships with the natural world. She presents her intimate sculptural works, drawings and public projects as a counterpoint to the view of nature...

Kendler’s sculptural works and drawings use delicacy, ornamentation and intricacy to echo the subtle and mysterious patterns of the living world. These seemingly fragile works draw viewers in, rekindling feelings of interconnection and wonderment. 

http://jennykendler.com/artwork/3465927_STATEMENT.html

Botero

I forgot about how gross and cynical and great his paintings are without beating the content over your head with a stick.

Rex Ray

cool mixture of texture and pattern

Charles Gaines

"Los Angeles-based artist Charles Gainesis celebrated for his photographs, drawings, and works on paper that investigate how rules-based procedures construct order and meaning. Working serially in progressive and densely layered bodies of works, Gaines explores the interplay between objectivity and interpretation, the systematic and the poetic. His groundbreaking work of this period serves as a critical bridge between the first generation conceptualists of the 1960s and 1970s and those artists of later generations exploring the limits of subjectivity and language."

http://hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/2015/charles-gaines-gridwork-1974-1989/

Jean-Michel Basquiat

an untitled drawing from 1986

Archie Rand

Painter who completed a very ambitious project of painting all of the Jewish commandments. What would that look like for Mormons? We have just as many rules, right?