The arts

1. Thearts Name: Fernanda Osses Level: 1st high A

2. Chris Ofili • Chris Ofili (Manchester, October 10, 1968) is an English painter. He is known because he uses graphic materials that refer to aspects of his Nigerian heritage as elephant dung as resources in his work. It belongs to the group of Young British Artists. In 1998 he was the winner of the Turner Prize and his work has been a source of controversy. Since 2005 he lives in Port of Spain on Trinidad Island, although he also spends seasons in London and Brooklyn.

3. Rachel Whiteread • She is an English artist who mainly produces sculptures, which generally take the form of molds. She was the first woman to win the annual Turner Prize in 1993. Whiteread was one of the young British artists who exhibited at the Sensation exhibition at the Royal Academy in 1997.

4. TraceyEmin’s • Emin was born in London, but grew up in Margate. He studied art at Maidstone, then returned to London where he studied painting at the Royal College of Art. The influence of Edvard Munch and EgonSchiele is recognized at the beginning; Tracey Emin destroyed all his paintings from the first stage. After his studies in painting, he began in Philosophy. • My Bed is his best known work, since he was part of the final three of the Turner Prize in 1999.

5. Andy Goldsworthy • Andy Goldsworthy (Cheshire, July 26, 1956) is a British sculptor, photographer and ecologist, based in Scotland, who performs specific site art and Land Art in natural and urban locations. He has been granted the Order of the British Empire. Nació en Cheshire y se crio en Harrogate. Estudio bellas artes, primero en el Bradford College of Art (1974–75) y luego en la Preston Polytechnic (la actual University of Central Lancashire, 1975–78), donde recibió su Bachelor of Arts.1​ Impartió clases de escultura en la Universidad Cornell.

6. Key words: • Cast: molde • Dung: estiercol