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The term “Concrete Art” was coined in 1930 by Theo van Doesburg when he started the group Art Concrete in Paris. They were looking for a new formal idiom that was unfettered by figurative or abstract motifs. Instead, they aspired to create an autonomous reality using plane geometric shapes that …
Working in the red thin line between different cultures, Takashi Murakami has stated that the artist is someone who understands the borders …
After a brief stint at seminary and meteorological training in the military, Dan Flavin pursued his artistic studies in the late 1950s …
Isaac Julien is as acclaimed for his fluent, arresting films as his vibrant and inventive gallery installations. One of the objectives of …
Kimsooja’s videos and installations blur the boundaries between aesthetics and transcendent experience through their use of repetitive actions, meditative practices, and serial …
The work of Rachel Howard navigates the space between the abstract and the figurative, with paintings that explore the fragility of the …
While Catherine Christer Hennix is best known as a sound artist and composer, and for works including Illuminatory Sound Environments and Infinity …
STUK works from within the dynamic university town of Leuven in Belgium and considers the social context art arises from as an …
Anselm Kiefer’s body of work represents a microcosm of collective memory, visually encapsulating a broad range of cultural, literary, and philosophical allusions, …
Jasper Johns’s groundbreaking exhibition at the Leo Castelli Gallery (20/1-8/2/1958) of his famous target and flag works changed the current of New …
Dan Levenson has created a fictional and immersive narrative about a community of Swiss artists at the now-defunct State Art Academy, Zrich …
Bridget Riley is well-known since the mid-1960s for her distinctive, optically vibrant paintings, called “Op Art”. She characterised her work to the …
Kohei Nawa is at the forefront of a new generation of Japanese creative minds, grouped in an old sandwich factory located outside …
One of the most prolific artists of her generation, Kiki Smith creates a multifaceted body of work that addresses the philosophical, social …
Lygia Pape was an influential iconoclast Brazilian artist and pioneering member of the postwar Avant-Garde. She worked across an expansive range of …
Günther Förg was part of the post-war generation of German artists for whom modernism had become tainted with the horrors of Fascism. …
Mohamed Bourouissa is known for his direct, imposing color photographs of young people, immigrants, and everyday life in the Paris suburbs. Bourouissa …
In 1961, Yoko Ono began working in conceptual and participatory art, avant-garde music, experimental film, and performance. Her work aroused the interest …
In his work Marcos Carrasquer mix tragic and grotesque, depicting an Orwellian humankind, strips naked the human being with all his flaws …
Stefan Tcherepnin’s visual artistic practice is shaped by his background in music composition and performance. Tcherepnin’s approach is collaborative, drawing on the …
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For the last 20 years, Tara Donovan uses commonplace consumer materials to create her dazzling sculptural installations. Her large-scale abstract works utilize …
Working primarily in wood, Martin Puryear has maintained an unwavering commitment to manual skill and traditional building methods. His sculptures are rich …
Born in Paris in 1944, Christian Boltanski is a self-taught artist, who began painting at the age of 14. He is known …
pascALEjandro is a statement on art and love. It began as a love affair and collaboration between the filmmaker and poet Alejandro …
