Susuan
Te Kahurangi King has been considered an outsider artist but still rises to the
same level as contemporary art. She is known for her use of iconography,
compositional complexity, and use of bold color. The artist was also diagnosed
with autism at the age of five when she stopped speaking, which I found really
interesting. In her work you can find familiar characters that we’ve all seen
such as Donald Duck, Goofy, Mickey Mouse etc. which is something that almost
everyone can relate to. I really liked her use of fine lines and bold colors,
which gave it a very graphic feel. She also successfully used everyday
childlike materials like crayons, markers etc. but made it look like “high
art”, I felt like it was very well executed. The way she distorted some of the
characters and the way she composed her composition was very visually appealing
as well.
Ida Applebroog’s work deals with her experience
of gender, the body, and images. I love the fact that the artist works across
so many different mediums and styles and she executes each of them perfectly. I
really enjoyed the bold graphic nature of Applebroog’s artist books; the simple
bold text is very eye-catching. The story behind the mercy hospital sketchbooks
is also very interesting and really lets you see into her mind and what she saw
and thought at the time. The way she uses color and line is also very visually
appealing to me.
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