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Banksy
Notable for his satirical street art and subversive epigrams combining dark humor with graffiti. Known for 'Girl With Balloon', 'The Flower Thrower', and his dystopian theme park 'Dismaland'.
Jeff Koons
Famous for working with popular culture subjects and his reproductions of banal objects. Notable works include 'Balloon Dog' and 'Michael Jackson and Bubbles'.
Marina Abramović
Known for her performance art, sometimes involving risk to herself. Notable works include 'The Artist is Present' and 'Rhythm 0'.
Anish Kapoor
Famous for large-scale sculptures and installations, often with bio-morphic forms. Known for 'Cloud Gate' and 'Sky Mirror'.
Damien Hirst
Famous for themes of life and death. Known for 'The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living' and his spot paintings.
Takashi Murakami
Japanese artist known for blurring the line between high and low arts. Famous for 'Superflat' theory and for the works like 'Kanye Bear' and 'My Lonesome Cowboy'.
Yayoi Kusama
Known for her extensive use of polka dots and for her infinity installations. Notable works include 'Infinity Mirrored Room' and 'Narcissus Garden'.
Cindy Sherman
Her work consists of photographic self-portraits, depicting herself in many different contexts. Famous for 'Untitled Film Stills' series.
Ai Weiwei
Chinese contemporary artist and activist known for criticism of the Chinese government. Notable for 'Sunflower Seeds' and 'Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn'.
Tracey Emin
Known for autobiographical and confessional art. Notable works include 'Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995' and 'My Bed'.
Julian Opie
Known for portraits and animated walking figures drawn in a minimalist style. Notable works include 'This is Shahnoza in 3 Parts' and LED installations.
Sophie Calle
Her work often depicts human vulnerability, and intimacy, incorporating elements of detective-like exploration. Renowned works include 'Suite Vénitienne' and 'Take Care of Yourself'.
John Currin
His work often satirizes social and sexual taboos with grotesque, caricature-like depictions of human figures, as seen in 'The Cripple' and 'Bea Arthur Naked'.
Jenny Holzer
Her work is known to display provocative text-based art that questions social constructs and perceptions. Projects include 'Truisms', 'Inflammatory Essays', and installations featuring LED signs.
Bruce Nauman
Diverse range of practices such as neon signs, video, and performance. Significant works include 'The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic Truths' and 'One Hundred Live and Die'.
Mark Bradford
Known for grid-like abstract paintings combining collage with paint. Notable works include 'Collage', 'Helicopter' and 'Black Venus'.
David Hockney
An important contributor to the pop art movement, he is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century. Notable works include 'A Bigger Splash' and 'Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)'.
Barbara Kruger
Best known for lay-ups with black letters against a slash of red background. Famous pieces include 'I shop therefore I am' and 'Your body is a battleground'.
Kara Walker
Explore race, gender, sexuality, violence, and identity in her work. Known for silhouette installations, such as 'A Subtlety' and 'Gone: An Historical Romance of a Civil War as It Occurred'.
Vik Muniz
Known for creating intricate images using a variety of everyday materials. Works of interest include 'Pictures of Chocolate' and 'Pictures of Junk'.
Chris Ofili
He is known for artworks that reflect his African heritage, and for using unconventional materials such as elephant dung. Noteworthy pieces include 'No Woman, No Cry' and 'The Holy Virgin Mary'.
Kehinde Wiley
Known for his highly naturalistic paintings of African-Americans. The pieces 'Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps' and 'Barack Obama' are among his well-known works.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
His primitive style underpinned by themes of systemic racism, colonialism, and social commentary. Famous for 'SAMO' tags, 'Untitled (Boxer)', and collaborations with Andy Warhol.
Sarah Sze
Best known for her intricate installations, which create landscapes out of a mass of everyday objects. Key works include 'Still Life with Landscape (Model for a Habitat)' and 'Triple Point'.
El Anatsui
His sculptures are often made from found materials, with a focus on West African history of slavery and colonialism. Notable works include 'Man’s Cloth' and 'Gravity and Grace'.
Do Ho Suh
He is renowned for his fabric-based sculptures and installations that explore themes of home, displacement, and memory. Notable installations include 'Home Within Home' and 'Rubbing/Loving'.
Olafur Eliasson
Known for sculptures and large-scale installations employing elemental materials. Notable works include 'The Weather Project' and 'Riverbed'.
Gerhard Richter
His artwork ranges from photorealistic paintings to abstract works. Notable pieces include 'Betty' and his color chart paintings.
Chuck Close
Famous for his massive-scale portraits. Uses a grid work system to create his images, notable works include 'Big Self-Portrait' and 'Lucas'.
Cai Guo-Qiang
His famed gunpowder drawings and explosion events reflect a fascination with the transient and the spectacle. Notable works include 'Sky Ladder' and 'Footprints of History: Fireworks Project for the Beijing Olympic Games'.
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