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After Gary Hume graduated from Goldsmith’s College, London in 1988, he received critical acclaim for his hard-edged, abstract “Door” paintings. Since then he has developed a highly personal language in paintings made with ordinary, household gloss paint, and strikingly elemental sculptures, favouring forms which appear familiar but remain resolutely abstract …
Amar Kanwar is an artist shaped by a commitment to social activism. He has distinguished himself through films and multi-media works, which …
For more than twenty years, Laura Owens has pioneered an innovative approach to painting that has made her one of the most …
Lee Krasner was the only woman among originators of Abstract Expressionism, she nevertheless found relatively little recognition until some years after the …
Gordon Matta-Clark is widely considered one of the most influential artists working in the ‘70s. He was a key contributor to the …
The starting points for the majority of Chiharu Shiota’s installations are collections of used everyday objects that act as expressions of human …
Gilberto Zorio is associated with the Arte Povera generation, which originated in Italy during the mid-60s. Utilising non-traditional and unconventional materials, Zorio …
Torbjørn Rødland is a Los Angeles-based photographer who creates portraits, still lives and landscapes, which simultaneously inhabit, defamiliarise and disrupt the realm …
In the ‘60s, Françoise Grossen rejected the rectilinear loom that constrained contemporary weaving for an intuitive approach to fiber that resulted in …
Arshile Gorky’s contribution to the art-world is difficult to estimate. Most people have never even heard of the artist, but within the …
Yayoi Kusama is the most famous artist to emerge from Japan in the period following World War II. Yayoi Kusama has shaped …
Juan Muñoz was the most significant of the first generation of artists to achieve maturity in post-Franco Spain, and one of the …
François Morellet is widely recognised as a key representative of the Concrete Art Movement. Morellet began making art in the mid 1940s, …
In 1965, Yayoi Kusama began utilizing mirrors to transcend the physical limitations of her own productivity and achieve the repetition that is …
Teresita Fernández is best known for her public installations and experiential large-scale sculptures that evoke striking landscapes. Her work, often inspired by …
Adrián Villar Rojas is best known for his site-specific, monumental works in unfired clay and other organic materials. His time-based installations build …
Öyvind Fahlström was one of the most innovative and versatile artists of the 20th century. When he developed a series of paintings …
Gerhard Richter is one of the most influential contemporary artists and is often called the renewer of post-war painting. Richter analysed the …
In 1974, Judy Chicago began her most significant and most controversial work. In her drive to reinstate women’s stories into mainstream historic …
Among the most influential feminist artists working today, Mary Kelly first came to prominence in 1976 with the “Post Partum Document” series, …
As one of the very few contemporary artists equally talented and influential in both still photography and cinema, the work of Sharon …
Mona Hatoum creates discomforting, challenging work that reveals the contradictions and uncertainties of our complex, confounding world. Using domestic and other familiar …
Established in 1990, the aim of Henna and Pertti Niemistö Art Foundation is to promote the visual arts and opens up new …
works in a range of mediums and often collaboratively on pieces inspired by the properties of the materials, processes and tools they …
