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Frank Shepard Fairey

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Noutorious to the art world for his past activist works, Fairey currently is still creating pieces that support modern movements and organizations. Using his typographic and abstraction skills Fairey is able to convey clear messages that create call to actions for the public. Recently he and his wife made a couple of prints and posters that lead with America’s message on voting. 

One of the organizations that Fairey supports is called Homeboy Industries. This organization is dedicated to giving ex-convicts and gang members a second chance at how they handle their lives. With his artistic skills Fairey was able to create a poster that symbolizes this organizations meaning and goals. The poster serves as a donation link and is available to purchase on Homeboy Industries’s homepage.

Yayoi Kusama

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At the museum of art The Broad, as in many other art museums, one of the most popular attractions is the installation of infinity mirrors designed by the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. Most of her work’s inspiration comes from hallucinations she has experienced. Instead of letting these hallucinations that stem from her mental illness affect her negatively she has proven to use them in her favor.

Her most popular work in Los Angeles is Infinity Mirrored Room—The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away, made in 2013. This installation, a physical representation of what Kusama’s world, has become a favorite instagram posting site. She was able to create a room that would invite others to experience life as she does, as an expanding universe.

“My desire was to predict and measure the infinity of the unbounded universe, from my own position in it, with dots.”

Takashi Murakami

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ComplexCon, an event that brings together pop culture art, music, and food, has recently taken place in Long Beach. Takashi Murakami, one of the creators of ComplexCon (along with Pharrell Williams) is a well known Japanese contemporary artist. Some of his artworks can be seen in museum like The Broad in Los Angeles, CA.

“This year, ComplexCon will focus on the enlightenment of the individual, reflecting the issues and conversations that permeate and influence culture today from entertainment to art to politics.”

Banksy

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“Going, going, gone…”

This anonymous English artist is greatly known for his street art that most of the times speaks on controversial topics. He recently made headlines in the art community for creating a self destructing painting that was set to sell in an auction. This act connects to his belief that street art is meant to be in the streets, and by selling these types of works it takes their meanings away.