Artists for Freedom: Booth, Nickolls, and Kollwitz

             Freedom in itself is a term that is widely used to describe "no boundaries." To have no boundaries is a dream for every individual although each individual's dream of freedom differs. Artists share their dreams of freedom by portraying them in visual arts. Artists such as Peter Booth, Trevor Nickolls, and Kathe Kollwitz. Each of these artists uses the human form, contemporary aboriginal art, and real-life experiences.
             Peter Booth used postmodernism to express his freedom views. He used disturbing images of the insane to portray a journey or progress of loneliness and isolation, both restraints off freedom. His Social view is an astute contemporary world view, he suggests that society is accountable for its own crimes. A constant state of mutation and metamorphoses into living things, such as animal-headed monsters and hybrid of bird or insect life creates a world in his pieces of no other than restraints. Overall Booth is a great example of an artist who uses freedom to evoke strong reactions from the audience and associate with wider world issues.
             Deep tenderness is felt through audiences around the world when they encounter Kathe Kollwitz's intense works. Restraints and freedom are very much involved with life's hardships and fleeting joys. Personal experiences depict Kollwitz's main subject of the suffering of humanity. Deeply traumatized by Germany's rising poverty and prostitution, Kollwitz tried to use her art to alleviate these freedom problems.
             Social views expressed by Kollwitz reveal her intimacy for sorrow involving the plight of women, especially mothers and children. Kollwitz presents an affirmative view of working-class women who in Germany face freedom problems regularly. A woman with a dead child is a great example of her Kollwitz used freedom to enhance her overall visual look.
             Trevor Nickolls was born in 1949, he is widely known for his own personal identity is unique, and also uses universal statements. Of...

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