Here are the websites of some artists I've been looking at lately, most have pro's and cons in terms of layout and design.
Kim Beck - http://www.idealcities.com/index.html
PRO: Collections of works are displayed as images, rather than titles, right on the front page. Titles are so ambiguous. I also like that she has a link to her working tumblr (this is becoming a common trend amongst many artists, and it's something I've grown rather fond of in my own practice).
Jennifer Murray - http://www.jmurraystudio.com/
PRO: I kinda like the scrolling slideshow showing, again, examples of each collection, right on the homepage. I also like that they correspond to the same order as listed on the left side of the page.
CON: I had to zoom out/adjust my browser in order to get the homepage to fit all in the screen, which was just kinda finicky and annoying.
Mary Temple - http://marytemple.com/
PRO: Big name at the top, oooooo/aaaahhh affect.
CON: (biiiig CON) No artist statement or biographical info?? If it's there, it's too hard to find. Not good.
Ryan McGinness - http://www.ryanmcginness.com/
PRO: I like the block shaped navigation cues at the top of the page, versus the side.
CON: I don't like searching artworks by year. What if I don't know what year exactly you made the work I'm thinking of?!
SWOON (EV site) - http://shop.swooninprint.com/
Although there's nothing too exciting/intriguing about the layout, I've been thinking a lot lately about how installation/street artists support themselves with their art. Swoon is an incredible street/installation/public artist (wheat paste, yeah!), but her work isn't necessarily pieces that she can sell. This website is a site dedicated solely to EV (editions vary) prints of selected works. The site solely is dedicated to this work, not to any of her other pieces, which I find interesting, that this site dedicated to consumeristic support is separate from any sites about her other work.
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