Chris Ofili-Artist

Chris Ofili's art is full of African vibrancy and throught provoking stances on the beauty of the Continent of Africa.  Born in Nigeria and living in London; he's also,the winner of the prestigious Turner Prize.Mr. Ofili's work once ignited a media frenzy at the Brooklyn Museum because the image of the Madonna has dried elephant dung attached to the canvas. His recent show at the David Zwirner Gallery in Chelsea is titled, "Afro Margin" runs until October 24, 2009. This show has eight pencil drawings of various states of objects influenced by the artist. Run don't walk to see this great show in a beautiful space.

Steve McQueen--Artist/Film Director

Steve McQueen is a British Artist who grew up in London and studied art and design at Chelsea College of Art and Design.  Mr. McQueen did a limited stint at the Tisch School in New York. McQueen's  films are done in black and white and are fairly minimalistic. His first film titled, "Bear" has two men (including Mr. McQueen) exchanging a series of glances which might infer a flirtation.  He won the Turner Prize in 1999 submitting three films. Amongst the entries, The Prey which focuses on a tape recorder drifting into the air while the sound of tap dancing playing in the background), The Deadpan (Mr. McQueen is presented in the film as a Buster Keaton character where a house collapses around him leaving a window frame of Mr. McQueen) .In 2008, Mr. McQueen presented his film, "Hunger" about the last six weeks of the Irish Republican hunger striker Bobby Sands. This story presents mankind in a situation where the mind and the body is taken to the extreme limit.At  presitigous Venice Biennial, McQueen represented the British government in their provided pavillion with his film, "Giradini" which was a tribute to the surrounding pavillion provide by the Italian government in Venice for artist from around the world.