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=CHARLES ATLAS= ==

Charles Atlas was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1958. He is a filmmaker and video artist, and has created works for stage, screen, museum, and television. He is a pioneer in developing media-dance. Media-dance is a genre in which original performance works created directly for the camera. Many of Charles work have been collaboration with choreographers, dancers, and performers. Charles Atlas is an artist because he gets his ideas from the culture of the 21st century. The video, "The Hanged One" that he was inspired by the symbolism from the Tarot and foot-fetish culture. His work with media-dance is created directly for the camera which would by technology driven. == []

=Mark Bradford=

== Mark Bradfordwas born in Los Angeles, California in 1961. He takes materials from the streets, and transforms them into wall-sized collages and installations. The city is his entire canvas which he does impromptu networking that includes underground economies, migrant communities, or popular appropriation of abandoned public spaces. Mark's multilayer paper collages refer to streets, buildings, and images of crowds referring from civil rights demonstrations to contemporary protests. In his work paint has been replaced by paper, and the brushes have been replaced with power sanders. He takes colors from billboards, signs, and posters around Los Angeles because new layers are added over the old ones regularly in the city. Mark is a 21st century artist because he uses parts of cities to convey his artwork. This would be under alternative display spaces. [|http://www.pinocchio] [|isonfire.org/] =CAI GUO-QIANG= ==

Cai Guo-Qiang was born in Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, China in 1957. He trained in stage design, and has since worked on crossed multiple mediums. This includes drawings, installation, and video and performance art. Gun powder was a property explored by him in his drawings as a young artist which led to his signature explosion events. Most of his subjects deal with Eastern philosophy and contemporary social issues as a conceptual basis. His usage of gun powder can be categorized under technology driven because he performs a specific function with that technique. []

[|Leonardo] Leonardo Da Vinci was a painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, and inventor all wrapped in one human being. Since Da Vinci had a knowledge of anatomy he really knew how to accurately paint people with their emotions. Charles Atlas uses peoples emotions as much as possible to get what he wants across. Though Charles camera driven art works were not around back in Leonardo's time Leonardo still has a major influence on most artists to date. Mark Bradford uses the same layering technique that Da Vinci did, but instead of using paper he uses the city as his canvas. Cai Guo-Qiang's drawings were influenced by many artists, including Leonardo Da Vinci, which led to his experimenting with gunpowder. I decided to choose these three artists because they all have very different backgrounds coming from all parts of the world. Also they are all culturally diverse, and all have different techniques for their art. Charles is white American male, Mark is a black American male, and Cia is a Chinese male. Charles uses his camera mostly to make art, while Mark uses the city he lives in as his brush and canvas. Cai Guo-Qiang has a special technique to make his art with gunpowder. Everyone has a different style which appeals to their specific viewers, but all of there artwork is in a style were everyone appeals to it. All of there artworks will inspire my artwork by thinking outside the box. Using the conventional brush and paper isn't the only way to create beautiful works of art. Using materials present in my everyday life will be a factor in my art making.