21st Century Art Movement: Topsy-Turvy, Masg or Uspide-Down Art by L. R. Emerson II

To date, L. R. Emerson II has delivered on his 1982 promises to make “Upside-Down Art” a household name in the very near future.

In the aftermath, thirty years later we find now major artists effecting and or following the Upside-Down Art movement which is crossing international lines with artists such as Germany’s Georg Baselitz and British Sculptor Anish Kapoor, giving significantly strong visual support.
Emerson’s own efforts in leading the Upside-Down Art Movement has thus far have encompassed the following:
· Created Upside-Down Art for nearly thirty years having begun in 1983 and has made more upside-down, multi-directional, ambigram, Masg styled art than any person in history.
· Exhibited at age 18, and worked as a commissioned artist beginning at age of 19 with work appearing in newspaper and magazines by age 19 and for major celebrities by age 23
· First artist ever to offer their art for free; up to $1 million dollars of L. R. Emerson II’s artwork was literally offered for free to anyone in the world. The offer was advertised to the general public in numerous places and stood from 2005 until 2009
·· Engaged 30 years of innovative, experimentation and invention driven research on Upside-Down Art or Multidirectional Art Composition, process and art methodology
· Has been awarded for being considered one of America’s Leading Art Educators, frequently serving as a Lead Art Educator on a variety of curriculum writing and Art Education textbook adoption committees or chairperson capacities. Emerson’s curriculum writing experiences have included practicum, research and committee collaboration to develop Art Education practices and standards for Art Foundation teaching and Cornerstone Assessments which serve as standards or benchmarks to assess a practicing artist’s skills and ability(2008 to 2012)
· Secured exhibition opportunities for student artists – having exhibited several academic thousand works.
· Invented in excess of 50 documented new methods for making Upside-Down Art or Masg Art
·Published The Purple Tree; Art in a Boundless Age, 2009
·· Among the world’s most accomplished airbrush artists, having been placed in magazines the age of 19 and still today advancing the power of airbrush through invention and exhibition.
· Serving among the world’s most influential 21st Century Artists and Designers
· Created work for numerous patron including Grammy Winning musician/songwriter Leon Russell — who wrote “Superstar” the number one hit song for the late Karen Carpenter , March 2, 1950 — February 4, 1983 (also a Grammy Winner) and living legend Barbara Streisand, born April 24, 1942.
· Donated by Deed the printing, publishing and rights to sale of over $1 million dollars in art.
· Created the first Upside-Down Art/Masg art Portraiture featuring a living person
· Established new art movement named “Pop Not” — genuine Pop Art styled social criticism with Pop styled, collages and punchy graphics but far removed from the kitschy, pseudo Pop Art existing today. L. R. Emerson II documented in the Purple Tree; Art in A Boundless Age the mission of Pop Not artists and the socially critical work they produce.
· · Received critical acclaim from Nicholas Forrest, contributing writer to Art and Antiques Magazine. Forrest wrote about L. R. Emerson II’s Upside-Down Art or Masg Art stating “Amazing art by an amazing artist!” 2006
· Written and published Art History and or Criticism articles about Upside-Down Art
· Exhibited Upside-Down Art or Masg Art at prominent museums such The Museum of Contemporary Art
· Works held in both private estate and public art collections
· Developed, termed and published research about the “Digigraph” art process and art medium – a unique new art medium using traditional art media and technology
· 2005, Established e4 Fine Art and an accompanying website e4fineart.com to serve as the exclusive representative for L.R.’s work and the web site to host functional space to not only electronically exhibit my work but moreover to share understanding about the art history related to Upside-Down Art.
· To date www.e4fineart.com.com and its’ counterpart gallery, www.upside-down-art.com has had over 600.000 visitors from across the planet and exists as “The World’s Largest Solo Artist Site” TM
· First artist to call for a change in the current Art Education texts and practices as L. R. Emerson II’s 30 years of pioneering research has proved the merits and validity of Upside-Down Art, or Masg Art as being a worthy alternative to the three common forms of compositional balance.
Because of the work of L. R. Emerson II and other supporting Upside-Down artists the old texts and teaching foundations known as The Principles of Art/Design are outdated and need revision. Museums, Art Critics, Educators, conservators and Historians can no longer ignore the relevance and merit of multi-directional composition or Upside-Down Art.
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