Art 21: Humor & Contemporary Art

Eleanor Antin  uses humorous comparison to have a commentary about the modern world. Antin draws from her Jewish up-bring and incorporates "tragic humor". She believes that we are going to be the end of our selfs, and her art reflects that.

Raymond Pettibon uses text and drawings to create humorous relationships between the written and visual. In a cartoonish approach Pettibon critics the world around him. Noted for making horrible things seem humorous.

Elizabeth Murray creates zany and cartoony colorful images to relate the idea of tension and balance. Her intent was to make these forms that were different and clashing but lived together, not just push up together but really co-exist.

Walton Ford inspired by old colonial drawings of the new world, he imitates there feel of the wonder and all out fear. He finds it humorous some of the perception of the first people to America.