Top 10 Self-Taught Artists of the Contemporary Era

hello everyone last week we discussed how to become successful if you haven't had privilege or luck or financial resources to study art school how can we be successful as a self-taught artist well today we'll be talking about artists who were successful as a self-taught artist welcome to the top 10 most important self-taught artists of the Contemporary era art history has known tremendous artists who are self-taught throughout tears I believe the most famous examples are the modern artists Vincent van Gogh and Frida Kahlo and if we do some research online we also encounter some less established artists however to the query who are the most important self-taught artists of today or of the Contemporary era there is no conclusive answer so we conducted a complete survey analyzing the artist's biographies and their education of the top section the top 200s artists so we selected the top 10 artists who didn't have formal arts training and I must say the results are very interesting and above all exciting so let's discover the artists in question our first artist on our list is none other than Dan Graham born in 1942 in Urbana and passed away in 2022 in New York then Graham contributed to the development of minimal and conceptual art with his multi-disciplinary activities encompassing performance installation video photography but also architecture curating and writing even though being a highly influential literary personality in the art World Graham did not receive any formal Arts education After High School his self-education involved reading structuralist thinkers and literary critics and writers as a result Graham considers himself in the first place as a writer artist contributing to various periodicals and reference Publications in the art World Graham was intrigued by the symbiosis between architectural environments and their inhabitants he is best known for his glass and mirrored Pavilions hovering between sculpture installation and architecture he merged in the 1960s alongside the likes of Sol Lewis Donald juts and Robert Smithson with his manifestations of geometric forms with the objective of inhabiting them with the viewers presence up next we have sofikal who was born in 1953 in Paris where the artist continues to work and resides sofikal is a conceptual artist photographer movie director and even a detective with the latter having a prominent role in her artistic practice she is best known for her recognizable visual narratives using photography installation and video and various combinations with text weaving narratives of private experiences both her own and of others Carl never attended art school and sometimes even distances herself from the label of being an artist instead she describes her artistic Ventures as private games and at first she did not consider her private games as art think of following strangers in the streets of Paris or inviting them to spend a couple of hours in her bed as a result her work is marked by voyeurism and the public exposure of private experiences resulting in an intriguing and impressive body of work in which the boundaries between the intimate and the public fiction and reality her art and her personal life dissolve Evermore born in 1960 in New York city where the artists worked and to resides until his untimely passing in 1988 basquia is arguably the most famous self-taught artists or the most open or Indiscreet when it comes to being self-taught he is best known for his iconic neo-expressionist paintings depicting skulls masks and bosqueas trademark crowns the American Artist embraced graffiti before moving towards a more traditional Studio practice which is strongly reflected in his visual language basquiar left cool at 17 years old and opted to educate himself in art history with New York City's institutions as his tutors as a result Bosque developed a visual language filled with symbols and art historical references think of the references to his Caribbean Heritage but also classical themes and popular culture providing tremendous intellectual depth in his dramatic Works resulting in early International recognition if Klein who was born in 1928 in Nice in France and passed away in 1964 in Paris Klein is best known for his iconic ultramarine Bluer Than Blue Hue known as International Klein blue or ikb from painting iqb monochromes to developing a multidisciplinary practice encompassing sculpture and performance Klein approached art as a trace of communication in which invisible truths are made visible his Adventure into the monochrome aiming to liberate color from the prison that is lying the French artist was on a quest for absolute truths in his art and to communicate him this would not only result in monochromes but also voids as immaterial arts and performance in the form of using human brushes or implementing anthropometry the artist only committed himself fully to Art in 1954 after pursuing a career as a judoka traveling the world with interest in art culture and above all Beauty client's career as an artist would only Encompass 10 years until his untimely death but he would leave a permanent and predominantly blue mark on the art world [Music] born in 1926 in Chile France where the artists continued to work and reside until he passed away in 2016. Francois moreller was a painter sculptor and installation artist occupied with geometric abstraction his Works includes object-based paintings opart neon art architectural installations site-specific installations and kinetic systems the French artists challenges our understanding and perception of the physical picture plane eventually going Beyond its traditional two Dimensions using geometric forms as a starting point the artist would create playful and often humorous Works morale was a self-taught artist person and he turned to abstraction after a trip to Brazil where he discovered the concrete art of Monk's Bill followed by some European influences by the likes of jean-arp and Teo van dusberg Morella developed a system to remove the subjectivity of the artists while remaining adventurous and frivolous an uncanny play of balance dismantling traditional hierarchies and celebrating chants and randomness [Music] born in 1933 in Tokyo Japan and residing and working in New York City Yoko Ono is a multi-disciplinary artist challenging our understanding of arts and the world her conceptual practice encompasses performance installation video music and writing Ono studied philosophy in Japan before moving to New York in 1953 where she kick-started her career as a self-taught artist by actively participating in the city's avant-garde activities as a result she Rose to fame with her thought-provoking performances and instruction paintings at the start of the 1960s Ono combined her visual art with experimental music she strongly contributed to the development of fluxus and conceptual Arts redefining performance and the role of the viewer shifting from a passive viewer to an active spectator participant think of her instruction paintings providing actual instructions for the visitors or her Infamous cut piece from 1964. a performance where she invited visitors to cut and remove her clothes on stage [Music] born in 1891 in real Germany and passed away in 1976 in Paris France Max Aarons is arguably the most modern and least contemporary artist from our selection having pioneered the modern art movement such as Tada and surrealism nevertheless the German artists continue to produce relevant work over half a century until his passing in the mid-1970s Ernst is best known for channeling his psychological intricacies and social anxieties into his artistic practice working in painting print making drawing collage and sculpture his visual language is marked by a vast personal mythology throughout his career Max adamst explored automatism to include subconscious interventions resulting in figures hovering between the human the animal or the abstract the artist studied philosophy art History Literature psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Boone but did not follow formal artistic training however due to his experimental attitude and natural interest in art erinst allowed himself to be guided by his academic knowledge and various visual influences such as art of the mentally ill and the emergence of the avant-garde movements during the first two decades of the 20th century born in 1944 in Paris France and passed away in 2021 in molokov near the French Capital Christian boldanski is a contemporary artist occupied with photography drawing sculpture and installation being born during the second world war his work in particular his early years is strongly marked by the not the occupation of his country boltonski left school at just 12 years old as he started to create plasticine sculptures and paintings before dedicating his life to predominantly photography and sculpture followed by installation boltonski fuses everyday life with high art dealing with concepts of loss memory childhood and death his installations function as Memorial monuments and his sculptures as shrines or relics contemplating lost lives striking both the lingering effects of war and Trauma on a collective social level as personally born in 1930 in Hannover Germany and passed away in 1998 in Basel Switzerland dieterotes is one of the most influential and diverse artists of his generation taking on artist editions in the forms of books but also print making painting sculpture assemblosh installation video art films slides sound recording poetry writing and even music uniquely roads collaborated with various artists to subvert the principle of authorship creating art and collaboration with Richard Hamilton Arnold reinert and Hermann Nitch to name just a few his artistic practice and life are marked by restlessness avoiding the mainstream and circling back and forth between Studios IDs disciplines and artworks characterized by transients order destruction creativity humor and the critical Minds titir rotz examines the abject and the Beautiful in his most versatile ever the German artist was inspired to write poetry and create visual art during the second world war with his foster parents in Zurich the artist is self-taught but also had an apprenticeship as a graphic designer where he learned printing techniques before abandoning those principles to find his position in art and balance in life born in 1924 in Brussels Belgium and passed away in 1976 in Cologne Germany Marcel Brothers is one of the most influential conceptual artists and a truly charismatic figure brotarts was only an artist during the last 12 years of his life but he made an immediate and fast impact on the art World influencing future generations of artists up to this very day the Belgian artist is best known for his conceptual and experimental multidisciplinary practice in which he explores the nature and meaning of language using associations derived from words and images as a rhetoric strategy his work takes form in poetry film books writing photography slides drawing painting sculpture installation and subtle performances brought our studied chemistry at a liberal University in Brussels but did not complete his studies due to the urge to pursue his literary Endeavors brotage was an introvert ambitious quirky and critical personality who failed in his first life as a poet but then succeeded tremendously in his second as a self-taught artist if you want to follow in the footsteps of these 10 illustrious names make sure to watch our previous video on how to become a successful self-taught artist and just six steps next thank you so much for tuning in today feel free to support us on patreon and please consider subscribing to stay posted for more Contemporary Arts bye foreign

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Published: Sun Feb 05 2023