The Art Education Blog: Jenny Saville and Laurie Lipton

Jane (my art education class partner this semester) and I have been tasked with presenting two contemporary artists together based on a theme. With this task we decided to each look up a few artists on our own and discuss them together at a meeting the other day. Jane brought the painter Jenny Saville to the table and I brought the drawer Laurie Lipton. By looking at artists separately and discussing them together later on we were able to accomplish the task of fitting the artists to a theme. I think our method produced a more rich outcome than possibly deciding on a theme together and then trying to find artists separately to fit the theme. I think in this way we did not limit ourselves or each other as to the type, style, or subject of the artists we chose. I look forward to co-presenting these artists and I am thankful that they both coincidentally share some themes!

Here are a couple of my favorite works by the artists:

Jenny Saville

"Torso 2"

2004