Timeline | Contemporary art
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Nam June Paik
1932 – 2006
- Korean-American artist, father of video art, Fluxus movement, pioneer of video art, performance art, installation art, coined the term “electronic super highway” to describe the future of electronic communication.
Fernando Botero Angulo
1932 – 2023
- Colombian artist, known for painting and sculpture, characterized by exaggerated forms, Boterismo style, notable works: Monalisa, Gato and The rape of Europa.
Gerhard Richter
1932 –
- German visual artist, known for abstract art, photorealistic painting, photography, blurring of photos and paintings, works include 4900 Colours: Version II, Domplatz, Mailand, Abstraktes Bild (809-1).
Frank Philip Stella
1936 –
- American painter, printmaker, sculptor, associated with minimalism, hard-edge painting.
Robert Smithson
1938 – 1973
- American sculptor, earthworks artist, known for Spiral Jetty.
Judy Chicago
1939 –
- American artist, associated with feminist art, notable work The Dinner Party.
Richard Serra
1939 –
- American sculptor, video artist, associated with minimalism.
Chuck Close
1940 － 2021
- American painter, photographer, renowned for his incredibly large-scale photorealistic portraits and intricate woven tapestries. Notable works: Self-Portrait and Lucas I.
Joseph Kosuth
1945 －
- American conceptual artist, known for conceptual art and installation art, editor of “Art-Language.”
Barbara Kruger
1945 －
- American conceptual artist, known for her black-and-white photo-based works with overlaid decorative text conveying her artistic ideas.Notable work: Untitled.
Marina Abramović
1946 －
- Known for performance art, body art, notable work Rhythm Series and The Artist Is Present.
Jeffrey Wall
1946 －
- Canadian artist, photographer, known for his staged compositions, notable work A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai).
Bill Viola
1951 －
- American contemporary video artist. Notable work: Ascension Ascension.
Karl Baden
1952 －
- American photographer,Father of the Selfie . Notable works: Everyday and Lartigue/Edgerton.
Cindy Sherman
1954 －
- American photographer, performance artist, conceptual artist.
Jeff Koons
1955 －
- American artist, known for his balloon sculptures. Notable works: Balloon Dog (yellow) and Puppy.
Andy Goldsworthy
1956 －
- British sculptor, photographer, environmentalist, known for site-specific sculptures and earthworks. Notable work: Slits cut into frozen snow. Stormy. Strong Wind, weather light and rapidly changing.
Keith Haring
1958 － 1990
- Street artist, graffiti artist. Notable works: Best Buddies and Untitled.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
1960 － 1988
- American artist, graffiti art, expressionism. Notable works: Man from Naples, Brown Spots (Portrait of Andy Warhol as a Banana), and Dos Cabezas.
Maurizio Cattelan
1960 －
- Italian visual artist, sculpture, installation art, conceptual art. Notable works: Comedian, America and La Nona Ora.
Eduardo Kac
1962 －
- Bio artist, performance artist, holography, interactive art, digital art, known for space art and genetically modified works, notable work GFP Bunny.
Takashi Murakami
1962 －
- Japanese artist, superflat, “Superflat Manifesto”, art commodification. Notable work: Murakami Rigid Box “Hands” – hand signed; “MoCA”.
Damien Hirst
1965 －
- British contemporary artist. Notable work: Damien Hirst, Hymn.
Wolfgang Tillmans
1968 －
- German photographer, the first photographer and first non-British person to be awarded the Turner Prize. Notable works: Lutz & Alex sitting in the trees and Peaches V.
Banksy
1970 －
- Anonymous British graffiti artist, known for his satirical, subversive, and darkly humorous works. Notable works: Mural by Banksy, Love is in the Bin(Auction and self-destruction), and Mural by Banksy.
Kaws
1974 －
- American sculptor, designer. Notable works: COMPANION and stuffed animal: KAWS Sesame Street: Big Bird.