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Contemporary Artists (1970 – present)
If you are a student of Art or Art History, here is a more detailed list of artists you should know from this period.
Name | Birth | Death | Nationality | Movement(s) | Primary Medium | Representative Works |
Abakanowicz, Magdalena NB955 .A2335 | 1930 | | Polish | Socialist Realism | Sculpture Fiber Art | Agora Abakans War Games |
Abramovic, Marina N7253 .A25 | 1946 | | Serbian | Conceptual Art | Performance Art Body Art | Seven Easy Pieces Rhythm (series) |
Basquiat, Jean-Michel N6537 .B233 | 1960 | 1988 | American | Neo-expressionism Primitivism | Painting | Scull Profit I |
Bucklow, Christopher | 1957 | | British | Neo-romanticism | Painting Photography | Guest (series) |
Hirst, Damien | 1965 | | British | Young British Artists | Painting Installation Art | The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living For the Love of God Spot Paintings |
Koons, Jeff | 1955 | | American | Neo-pop | Sculpture Installation Art | Balloon Dog (Orange) Puppy |
Noble, Paul | 1963 | | British | often labeled Young British Artists | Sculpture Drawing | Nobson Newtown The Doley Game |
Noland, Kenneth ND237 .N594 | 1924 | 2010 | American | Color Field | Painting | Beginnings Mysteries: Infanta |
Price, Elizabeth | 1966 | | British | | Installation Art | The Woolworths Choir of 1979 The User Group Disco |
Prouvost, Laure | 1978 | | French | | Installation Art | It, Heat, Hit For Forgetting |
Salle, David | 1952 | | American | Neo-expressionism Postmodernism | Painting Printmaking | Muscular Paper Mingus in Mexico |
Schnabel, Julian | 1951 | | American | Neo-expressionism | Painting | Plate Paintings Sonanbul |
Stella, Frank ND237 .S683 | 1936 | | American | Minimalism Modernism | Painting Printmaking | Harran II Scarlatti K Series |
Weiwei, Ai | 1957 | | Chinese | Conceptual Art Thinkism | Sculpture Installation Art | Sunflower Seeds S.A.C.R.E.D. |
White, Wayne | 1957 | | American | Surrealism Pop Art | Painting Sculpture Cinema | Nixon Sarge |
Yamashita, Kumi | 1968 | | Japanese | | Installation Art Shadow Art | Light & Shadow (series) Constellation (series) |