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Franz West began working actively as an artist in 1970, at a time when the Viennese Actionism Μovement was shocking Austrian society. He distanced himself from the Actionists’ performances that were defined by violence, nudity or sexuality, but not from the desire to provoke. Franz West wanted to break taboos, …
Jim Hodges’ work explores themes of fragility, temporality, love and death in a highly original and poetic vocabulary. He frequently deploys different …
Kai Althoff’s installations, videos and drawings often involve invented stories whose subjects, such as collective consciousness, music and lifestyle, play a crucial …
Osservatorio is Fondazione Prada’s new exhibition space in Milan dedicated to photography and visual languages, occupying 800 square meters on the 5th …
The son of the Surrealist painter Roberto Echaurren Matta, Gordon Matta-Clark was educated as an architect, but was drawn away from the …
Through different exhibitions and activities, Fondazione Memmo aims to support the maintenance and development of visual arts and culture in Rome and …
During the mid ‘70s, a new Art Movement emerged in the U.S., mostly in California, known as “Lowbrow” or “Pop Surrealism” adopting …
Mr. (Masakatsu Iwamoto) works in a wide range of media, including painting, drawing, video, performance, sculpture, and installation. Having grown up during …
Li Songsong’s signature style encompasses deconstructing found imagery, such as popular media photographs and film stills, and reassembling them into original paintings. …
The underlying energy and tension to Susan Swartz’s work hints of her complex relationship with the natural world. Her decade long struggle …
Since the ‘90s, Sarah Morris works with painting and film, which she regards as separate media with complementary content. She describes her …
One of the most compelling artists working today, Francis Alÿs offers a thought-provoking point of view on the times in which we …
Emily Jacir is Palestinian and grew up in Saudi Arabia, France, Italy and the U.S.A., now lives in New York and Ramallah. …
Nairy Baghramian explores inherited forms and concepts from the history of art in order to address issues of functionality, decoration, abstraction and …
Katarzyna Kobro was a Polish sculptor, under the influence of Constructivism she rejected individualism, subjectivism and expressionism, and instead postulated the absolute …
From 1968 onwards, Lawrence Weiner has presented his work using language and, as such, the artist is historically regarded as one of …
Building on an extensive painting lexicon, Rochelle Feinstein employs an array of styles and media, such as silkscreen, photography and assemblage, hard-edged …
While too much of an individualist ever to be fully a part of any Art Movement, Robert Rauschenberg acted as an important …
Florian Hecker in his sound installations and live performances, he deals with specific compositional developments of post-war modernity, electro-acoustic music, and other, …
Cinthia Marcelle is recognized as one of the most notable young artists working in Brazil, known for her installations, performances, and videos, …
Jordan Wolfson belongs to the post-Internet generation: artists who reflect upon the increasing digitalization of society and developments in genetics, robotics, and …
Nasan Tur’s work is often performative and addresses current issues of politics, history and the future of our society in an ironic …
The Groupe de Recherche d’Art Visuel (GRAV) that emerged in 1960 in Paris, joined the wave of movements seeking autonomy from art …
The Chinese character 間 (Jiān) is a composition of the characters for sun and door, evoking a sliver of light between …
