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Title:
50 contemporary artists you should know / Brad Finger, Christiane Weidemann.
Author:
Finger, Brad.

Weidemann, Christiane.
Publication Information:
Munich ; New York : Prestel, ©2011.
Call Number:
N40 .F56 2011
Abstract:
This survey of great contemporary artists is the perfect introduction to the exciting world of art today. Artists working after World War II faced a confounding array of challenges, as stylistic barriers were broken, technology advanced, and issues of sexuality and race came to the forefront.
ISBN:
9783791345307
Physical Description:
157 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Cy Twombly -- Gerhard Richter -- David Hockney -- Bruce Nauman -- Anselm Kiefer -- Barbara Kruger -- Paul McCarthy -- Jeff Wall -- Richard Prince -- Jenny Holzer -- Bill Viola -- Mona Hatoum -- Marlene Dumas -- Nan Goldin -- Sophie Calle -- Anish Kapoor -- Robert Gober -- Mike Kelley -- Cindy Sherman -- William Kentridge -- Jeff Koons -- Andreas Gursky -- Ai Weiwei -- Shirin Neshat -- Peter Doig -- Neo Rauch -- Raymond Pettibon -- Maurizio Cattelan -- Tracey Moffatt -- Takashi Murakami -- Pipilotti Rist -- Gabriel Orozco -- Tracey Emin -- Rachel Whiteread -- Zhang Huan -- Elizabeth Peyton -- Damien Hirst -- Jake & Dinos Chapman -- Olafur Eliasson -- Mariko Mori -- Sam Taylor-Wood -- Tal R -- Matthew Barney -- Wolfgang Tillmans -- Chris Ofili -- Doug Aitken -- Gregor Schneider -- Kara Walker -- Anselm Reyle -- Jonathan Meese.
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