Update #1: And the list grows!
Just confirmed the below artists to participate.
Diederick Kraaijeveld
www.oudhout.nl
Jeff Zimmerman
www.jazim.com
Tariq Rafiq
www.facebook.com/group.php...
Mireya Acierto
www.mireyacierto.com/public/
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Mr. CRO is a Chicago-based artist and designer who creates social & political satire. My work is simply about visually documenting and recording pop, social and political issues of my time. I embrace the hand of the artist and technology. In my work, I comment on the American dream and the subsequent gap between it and reality. My work addresses racial identity, pop culture, politics and at times alludes to underlying social behaviors historical and current which continue to shape American society. I’m trying to engage in social and political discourse in a humorous way. Often times these themes are combined into work reflecting heros and/or villains of our society. Like a vessel, I constantly receive stimuli from the environment which becomes part of my work. I present the viewer with a mirror reflection of the world. My social commentary weds graphic form with brazen content. The result is at times stark and brash and at others photographic and honest.
Not familiar with any of these artists, but in checking their work, looks like an awesome lineup. Found some good examples of Tariq Rafiq's work with a simple google search:
http://bit.ly/1GRuG