The Modern Museum
Artists Around the Web
Image" Chris Ferger: First Light, Lubec Maine
About This Exhibit:
This section of the modern museum will talk about the new upcoming artist of our generation. Just as it is important to talk about historic art, it is just as important to feature the new, talented, and inspiring artists that will maybe just create the next influential art movement. There are many mediums and types of art that this generation is putting their own personal twist on, some are even using everyday items around their house to create what their heart desires. These talented young artists should be talked about and appreciated, and their pieces are just as compelling and interesting as historic and traditional paintings or artwork (SOURCES)
FEATURED ARTIST:
Bozhena Fuchs
@bozhena_fuchs
Vibrant City
Oil on Canvas
About the artist:
Currently living in Prague, Czech Republic, awarding winning artist Bozhena Fuchs is known for her paintings of untouched nature, seascapes, and civilization. Her paintings consist of heavy brushstrokes, emphasizing the power and emotions particular landscapes bring. Vibrant City is one of her many examples of urban paintings, emphasizing the intensity of city life while using vibrant and intense colors. To see more, follow her at @bozhena_fuchs on Instagram or TikToc, or visit her site bozhenafuchs.com
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Food, Drink, Entertainment (2021)
Chris Ferger -contemporary
Contemporary
Acrylic on Canvas
About:
Chris Ferger is a self-taught painter whose main focus is landscape, particularly landscapes focused on people and nature. His style resembles artwork from the movement Regionalism but gives it his own personal touch. His paintings mostly feature a geometric style and feature very tiny, smooth brush strokes. Food, Drink, and Entertainment is a great example of his specific style and his representation of people enjoying thier small town. These paintings, including this one, are mostly portrayed as bright and colorful, causing certain aspects of the painting to pop out of the page. He is inspired by sketches and real-life photos based on people around him, specifically locals around Cape Cod. To see more of his art, follow @ chris_firger on Instagram and TikTok, and visit his site www.chrisfirger.com.
"Tuah Tah" (2023)
Mark Maggiorati
Contemporary, Realism
Oil on linen
About:
When traveling through the national parks of America, French artist Mark Maggiorati became fascinated with Western culture, creating many realistic depictions of cowboys, Native Americans, and the west. His paintings feature deep canyons and wide open spaces with towering clouds, and almost photo-like paintings of cowboys and Native Americans, mostly riding horses through these fields and canyons. In his most recent Solo show, one of his paintings shows a wide open space with majestic clouds hovering over the small person on the horse. This painting is in honor of the Publeo people, representing thier land and themselves, which they call "Tuah Tah".
For more, follow him on Instagram and TikTok at @markmaggitori, and his site markmaggitory.com.
Sleeping Angel
Josh Hernandez
Contemporary, Figurative
Charcoal on paper
About the Artist:
Josh Hernandes (aka Mad Charcol) has been painting and creating all of his life. Getting his bachelor at Arizona State University in graphic design, he managed to be become popular by showing his designs through the medium of charcoal, chalk, and paint. His works mostly features portraits and figurative work, while showing a wide range of expression through the use of dark or achromatic colors. He has blown up on TikTok, using the platform to show his viewers his creative process, which involves a chaotic yet amazing drawing of distorted bodies and faces. His inspirations and ideas come directly from his brain onto paper and are able to show his viewers the step-by-step process of his creation. To see more, Follow him on instagram and TikTok @mad.charcoal, and visit his site madcharcoal.com
About:
Remming Robinson is an oil painter in Boulder, Colorado. In such a beautiful state, Remming cannot help but paint the beautiful landscapes of the mountains, rivers, and even the people gatherings. In order to find and experience new and exciting cultures, Remming travels around the world creating what his heart desires. His specialty is murals, but what made him popular on TikTok was his oil paintings of small, detailed landscapes on tiny Altoid mint containers. Mastering the small detail and being able to capture the landscape in just one sitting is what makes Remming's art loved across the internet. Follow him on Instagram and TikTok @remmingtonrobinson, or visit his site remmingtonrobinson.com to see more of his art!
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Poppies at the Flatirons Under a Blue Sky
Remming Robinson
Contemporary
Oil paint on Altoids Mint container
KAIZEN
Murjoni Merriweather
Contemporary
Ceramic and Synthetic Hair
About:
Through the use of ceramics and sculpting, Murjoni Merriweather has found a way to talk about black culture and highlight black features in a positive light. The European beauty standard has dominated what is deemed pretty and not pretty for centuries. As a student from MICA, Murjoni wanted to destroy the Euro beauty standard that is known to paint black features in a negative light. In hopes to encourage and uplift black people, she has taken inspiration from real black people, and sculpts them through the use of clay and synthetic hair, in order to normalize black features and change our perception of the beauty standard. To see more of her art, follow @mvrjoni on Tik Tok and Instagram, or visit her site mvrjoni.com
About the artist:
When walking through the streets of Ann Harbor, Michigan, the chances of you running into small, chalk-drawn creatures on the sidewalks are high. These temporary cartoon chalk pieces would be created by the artist David Zinn. Most of his work is on-the-spot drawing, but David has an eye for seeing structures throughout the city and being able to create a creature or critter through the use of chalk and charcoal. He is widely known through TikTok and has created a Chalk Art handbook, where you can learn the tips and tricks to create your very own sidewalk creature. to see more, follow him at @streetartsitbydavidzinn or visit his website zinnart.com.
Unexpected Bookmark
David Zinn
Contemporary, Street art
chalk and charcoal
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Jing Zhiyong -
Surrealists, Contemporary
Acrylic on wood
About the artist:
From Beijing, China, artist Jing Zhiyoung is known for his surrealism and depiction of miniature people in wide worlds that swallow them. Painting on mediums such as acrylic on canvas and wood, Jing is able to create a haunting and captivating atmosphere depicting strange and surreal situations that would only happen in your dreams. In this particular painting, we are shown a telephone booth in an empty parking lot, with a ghost, or a person wearing a ghost costume, looking into the booth as he is waiting for a call. The phone booth is in the middle of nowhere, and the feeling of loneliness and emptiness is promised in this painting, which is the go-to emotion felt in Jing's paintings. If you want to see his paintings in person, he has artwork books you can buy on his website www.jingzhiyong.com, or follow him at @Jingzhiyong on Instagram and TikTok.
Work Cited:
Alleaume, B. (2021). Top 10 Artists to Follow on TikTok. Artmajeur Online Art Gallery. https://www.artmajeur.com/en/magazine/14-lifestyle/top-10-artists-to-follow-on-tiktok/330257
Karren H. (2021). Chris Firger Gives Cape Landscapes an Early Modern Flair. The Provincetown Independent. https://provincetownindependent.org/arts-minds/2021/11/17/chris-firger-gives-cape-landscapes-an-early-modern-flair/
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