IllustrationTom Hunter and Jeff Wall 1

Illustration was an art form that wasn't being taken seriously to start with until it began to develop a narrative. It wasn't until around 1879 that illustration started to be published. Pictures used in children's books became really popular and became noticed as it's own style of work, this art form started with men but was soon found out that woman who could draw portrayed softer images that could of been influenced by there more emotional side.

There  then started to see an overlap of styles in artist work. for an example Kate Greenway was a children's illustrator and her style was an overlap of queen ann's revival and the golden age.

It wasn't until the 1930's when we found out that the Japanese became the masters of illustration and had created a massive breakthrough with there distinctive styles and techniques. The Japanese weren't even aware of how popular there work was and even started using bits of art as packaging as they didn't think it was successful enough to sell but these images were being collected and sold all around Europe as Japan started to triad with western counties. Some work was erotic and shocked the people who ended up with it. At first it was seen as utter filth but like most Japanese illustrations they two started to be collected and sold.


Jeff Wall

Jeff Wall is a photographer that I have not been too familiar until recently, His work is pretty interesting as he composes scenes that look real but have an obvious story that he is getting across in his work. He stages he props and people so that they look natural but he has arranged them in such a way to get a strong narrative across.

Tom Hunter

He pushes the visual aspect of sexuality, which might be seen as quite a wrong thing to do. But then why is it wrong? just because people might feel uncomfortable looking at it

'Tom Hunter is an award winning and internationally acclaimed artist. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally in major solo and group shows, most recently: Seduced by Art, National Gallery, UK; A Palace for Us, Serpentine Gallery, UK; Another Story, Photography from the Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden; British Photography, Krakow, Poland; Tears of Eros, The Museo Thyssen- Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain; and Theatres of the Real, Fotomuseum, Antwerp. He has published four books; The Way Home (Hatje Cantz, 2012), Tom Hunter: Living in Hell and Other Stories (National Gallery London, 2005), Tom Hunter (DA2 Domus Artium, 2004), Tom Hunter (Hatje Cantz, 2003), which won the John Kobal photographic book award in 2004 and Factory Built Homes (Holly Street Public Arts Trust 1998).'


http://www.tomhunter.org/info/