He wrote a number of text books and is considered the first 'conscious artist' of Bengali prose.
In 1972, Near founded an independent record label called Redwood Records (now defunct) to produce and promote music by "politically conscious artists from around the world".
Luka Lesson (Stage name for Luke Haralampou) is an Australian slam poet, and a self described "conscious hip-hop artist" of Greek heritage.
Prodigal built a reputation as one of the more socially conscious and lyrically deep artists associated with the Wu family.
The winner of the Beck's prize, to be chosen from the socially conscious artists on view, will receive $38,000.
Relief printing is an inexpensive but labour-intensive printing technique; it was accessible to those socially conscious artists who wanted to tell wordless stories of the working classes.
A "high practitioner" singled out by Mr. Krens for special attention is the protean Robert Morris, "one of the most historically conscious artists I've ever encountered."
Jackson revealed that she was inspired by other socially conscious artists, such as Tracy Chapman and U2.
He is a highly qualified, conscious artist, but at the same time a sensitive, true colourist, "a painter of the soul".
However, for all of his reluctance to transcend, much less forgive, the force of history, Mr. Koeppen is no less the conscious artist.