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![Sigmar Polke, Untitled (Sicherheitsverwahrung) [Preventive Detention], 1979, Dispersion, spray paint, safety pins, razor blades, brooch, sweets on decorative fabric, 130 x 110 cm; Collection Musée d‘Art Toulon, France, ©The Estate of Sigmar Polke/ VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024](https://www.dreamideamachine.com/web/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/00-25-700x700.jpg)
Born in the Silesian town of Oels, and growing up in both East and West Germany, Sigmar Polke was one of the artists of the 1960s who dealt with the collective trauma of the post-war generation. He confronted the political crisis of his time with a genuinely painterly, yet highly …
Nástio Mosquito is a creative protagonist whose artwork, primarily in video and performance, encompasses the invention of multiple personas. Taking inspiration from …
Born during the Great Depression in Hastings, Nebraska, Sheila Hicks spent much of her early life on the road, with her father …
Cosima von Bonin creates transformations of the everyday. For her expansive exhibitions she draws on numerous references from popular culture as well …
An art world icon and a performance art pioneer, Marina Abramović has captivated audiences by pushing the limits of her body and …
To a naïve viewer, what Peter Halley does is abstract painting: what else could these puzzles of squares and rectangles, parallel stripes …
German artist Olaf Holzapfel is known for his works in which he combines traditional crafts with contemporary concepts. His exhibitions address topics …
Takashi Murakami combines the most cutting-edge techniques with the precision and virtuosity of traditional Japanese art. Inspired by anime and character culture, his …
Grace Schwindt works with sculpture, performance, drawing and film. Through her work she unfolds visual narratives that explore the effects of capitalist …
Christopher Hartmann’s paintings present us with places in which specific time and space are suspended. They are concerned with relationships; how these …
Thomas Schütte’s early work offered a critique of then-dominant Minimalist and Conceptual art while deeply engaging with cultural and historical content. Schütte’s …
James Turrell explores the myriad possibilities of light as subject, material, and medium of perception, as well as its inherent connections to …
In Chris Ofili’s work painterly and cultural elements (both sacred and profane, personal and political, from high art and popular culture) come …
Tarek Atoui is an artist and composer working within the realm of sound performance and composition. His work challenges traditional ways of …
Pauline Curnier Jardin employs cinematic narrative, installation, sculpture and performance to create immersive art. While investigating prevailing norms and stereotypes, the works …
Mire Lee is known to create kinetic sculptural installations that appear shabby, ridiculous, and precarious. Lee questions human fantasies of technologies that …
In his boldly colored, graphic works, including paintings, drawings, and prints, Jonas Wood combines art historical references with images of the objects, …
For over 60 years, Maria Prymachenko created art based profoundly on her Ukrainian upbringing and wildly creative imagination. Despite having no formal …
Based primarily in Los Angeles, Noah Davis created a body of figurative paintings that explore a range of Black life. Davis knew …
Joris Van De Moortel’s artworks are often constructed as resounding boxes, which are constituted by the relics of past musical performances. As …
Brian Maguire’s painting practice is driven by the struggle against inequality and violence, and the pursuit of justice. Compelled towards the raw …
![Kathryn Andrews, Victoria Woodhull, Belva Ann Lockwood, Abigail Scott Duniway [ . . . ], 2020– ongoing , Site-specific installation for the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA)- Berkeley, Courtesy the artist and BAMPFA](https://www.dreamideamachine.com/web/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/00-332x215.jpg)
Kathryn Andrews’s work is based on sources from mass media culture and art history, which investigate the modes of appeal and attraction …
![Thomas Schütte. Ackermans Tempel III (Modell 1:10) (Ackerman’s Temple III [Model 1:10]), 2011. Lego bricks, wood, and aluminum. 19 1/8 × 17 5/8 × 23 1/16″ (45 × 44.7 × 60.7 cm). Collection the artist, Düsseldorf. Photo: Luise Heuter © 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, © 2024 Thomas Schütte / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn](https://www.dreamideamachine.com/web/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/00-36-332x267.jpg)
Thomas Schütte’s early work offered a critique of then-dominant Minimalist and Conceptual art while deeply engaging with cultural and historical content. Schütte’s …
The exhibition “Reversed Objects” raises a number of questions ranging from the status of objects as either mere things or artworks to …
