Funky Brained Art: JAMES ROSENQUIST

Age: 77
Born: Grand Forks, North Dakota; 1933
Designed: "Pop Art", During the Pop Art Movement & Still Designs Various Artwork 'Til This Day
From 1957 To 1960: He Earned A living By Designing Store Windows As Well As Billboard Paintings
He Creates Mainly: Paintings & Drawings 
His Specialty In Design Is: To Take Fragmented, Oddly Disproportionate Images & Combine & Overlap Them Into A Collage, On Canvas To Create A Visual Story
He Has A Number Of: ScreenPrints & Etchings But Most Of Them Are Lithographs
Most of His Work Can Be Found In Collections At: The Museum of Modern Art (New York), Musee D'Art Moderne (Paris) & the Art Gallery of Toronto, Ontorio

Interview With James Rosenquist:
 

James Rosenquist "Storyline" Artwork:

Photo Source: "Picture of James Rosenquist": www.nytimes.com; "2000 The Stoaway peers Out At The Speed of Light": www.blairccondon.blogspot.com; "1971 Mastaba": www.mutualart.com; "2005 Sun Li": www.myartspace-blog.blogspot.com; "1975 time Stream- Prix Nobel": www.utopiaretromodern.com; "1976 A Free For All": www.liveauctioneers.com; "Penciled Colored Clocked Work": www.contemporaryartdaily.com; "1975 Tide ScreenPrint": www.antique-helper.com; "1972 Zone Lithograph Handmade Paper Black & White": www.djtfineart.com; "1978 Pastel Blue, Yellow, Pink Blowing Steaming Paints From Below": www.art.findartinfo.com; "1975 Echo Pale": www.artnet.com; "1986 Glass Wishes": www.smithmuseumstore.com; "1977 Fast Feast": www.artbrokerage.com

Funky Art: ALESSANDRO MENDINI

Age: 80

Born: Milan, Italy; 1931

-Former Director of Casablanca

-The “Italian Maestro of Avant-Garde”

-Previous Editor of Domus (Italy), Design Magazine 

Designs: Geometrically Kooky, Colorful Neo-Modern, Contemporary Art Objects, Furniture, Interiors, Graphics & Paintings 
-His Designs are Characterized by a Strong 'Mix of Cultures & Various forms of Expression'

Mendini's Definition of an "Object":

"An object is something that tells a tale. So an object embeds a lot of content into itself.  You can almost read it, as if it were literature."-Alessandro Mendini

-He is an Architect  
-In 1989, Alessandro Mendini, along with his brother, Francesco Mendini, opened up the "Atelier Mendini" Studio in Milan, that he uses as a Studio

He is...
An Advocate of Non-Violence.

His Favorite...

Character Hero is Mickey Mouse!!!

One of His 'Long Time' Friends is...
Philippe Starke 

Artwork Collaborations:
Swatch: He designed in the 1990s, a collection of 'Mendini' limited edition watches

Alessi: Currently, he has a collection of haute-couture fashioned kitchenware, such as, corkscrews, champagne caps and cheese graters. Also, he has designed watches for Alessi.

Groninger Museum in Groningen, Netherlands: Mendini from1989-1994, designed a 'yellow' tower as the centerpiece for the museum's architectural reconstructive makeup

Birthed from his mental ‘heaven’, here are some of Mendini’s designs to ‘Activate your Noggin’: 

    

                  

Photo Source:   "80 Year old, Alessandro Mendini in his Apartment in Italy": www.wmagazine.com; "2008, Sculptured Zinc Cabinet and Decoupaged Art Work, Alessandro Mendini": www.moderndesign2010.com;  'Designed in 1978, "Proust Geometrica" Armchair, Alessandro Mendini x Cappellini': www.bonluxat.com; "Exercise"Chair,Alessandro Mendini x Kartell Loves Milano": www.thedollsfactory.com; "1980, Swatch Watch Clock, Alessandro Mendini": www.metroretrofurniture.com; "He designed this watch for Alessi": www.watchismo.com; "Groninger Museum 'Yellow' Tower": www.esn-groningen.nl; "CorkScrew": www.alessi.com; "1986, 'Untitled'": www.ionoi.it; "Alessandro Mendini At 79 Years of Age": www.michelamorosini.com; "Quote from Interview of Alessandro Mendini x Simon Cowell": www.architonic.com;