ART, Page 54
Throughout their practice, the Haas Brothers (twins Nikolai and Simon) investigate the slippery divide between art and design with humor, whimsy, and inventive originality. While they are best known for their riotously colorful biomorphic forms, genitalia-adorned furniture, and pun-infused titles, an intellectual, conceptual, formal, and technical rigor grounds their practice. …
For over twenty years, Tara Donovan has created large-scale installations, sculptures and drawings that utilize everyday objects to explore the transformative effects …
Maysha Mohamedi’s practice points toward a new mode of atmospheric abstraction that registers certain conditions specific to Los Angeles in the early …
Rodolpho Parigi is part of a new generation of Brazilian artists who emerged in the early 2000s. The artist’s work lies in …
Rita Ackermann studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest from 1989 to 1992, then at the Studio School of Painting, …
Lena Henke has developed a diverse body of sculptural works, often arranged in comprehensive spatial installations. Henke’s work references urban planning, Land …
David Magán’s art lies in the field of sculpture and installation, where the use of plane, color, transparency and light stands out. …
Wols was the pseudonym of Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze, a German painter and photographer predominantly active in France. Though broadly unrecognized in …
As a trailblazer of the early Chicano Arts Movement in the 70s and 80s, following the Chicano Civil Rights Movement of the …
At the core of the work of British-Japanese artist Simon Fujiwara is a question – what does it mean to be a ‘self’ in …
Since his debut, John Phillip Abbott explores the complex relationship between text and image, blurring the boundaries between both. Words, names and …
Theaster Gates creates works that engage with space theory, land development, sculpture and performance. Drawing on his interest and training in urban …
Refuting the ideology conveyed by the Soviet Union through Socialist Realism painting, after passing to the West in 1957, Baselitz discovered the …
Barry Le Va is regarded as a modernizer of sculpture in post-1960s art. Mostly known for his large-scale sculptures – which are …
Christoph Büchel works in a variety of media, including film, printed materials, sculpture and textiles, though he is perhaps best known for …
Gerhard Richter practices the dual means of representation and abstraction in painting to explore not only the nature of the medium but …
Born during the closing months of World War II, Anselm Kiefer reflects upon Germany’s post-war identity and history, grappling with the national …
A leading figure of the postwar avant-garde, Yves Klein sought radical ways to represent the immaterial and the infinite. In paintings, sculptures, …
Over the course of his 60-year career, Robert Rauschenberg’s work was inspired by wide-ranging experiences, lifelong collaborations, and a spirit of experimentation …
The exhibition “AmbientI 1956 – 2010. Environments by Women Artists II” is developed by the MAXXI and by the Haus der Kunst …
Shadi Yousefian’s work engages personal and social issues of contemporary life, particularly, cultural identity and the immigrant experience. As an Iranian immigrant, …
Although Alex Katz belongs to the Pop generation of Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, it was not until the 1970s …
Barbara Kruger is an artist who works with pictures and words in the hopes of revealing and resisting socially ingrained assumptions about …
Over the last five decades, Sean Scully has developed a distinguished and prolific body of work through his distinct approach to contemporary abstraction. Shifting the paradigm …
