Sigmar Polke was one Germany’s seminal 20th century painters until his death in 2010. Alongside Anselm Kiefer and Gerhard Richter, Polke was at the forefront of post-war art in Germany...
Category - Contemporary Artists
The Gruesome Room Constructions of Gregor Schneider
Gregor Schneider is a German artist who, aside from forging a reputation for constructing horrific rooms, stirred controversy in 2008 when he was quoted as saying that he wanted to install...
Titus Kaphar’s Paintings of Historical Injustice
“My aim is to investigate the power of a rewritten history.” So says American artist Titus Kaphar, who divides his time between New York and Connecticut. Kaphar is that rare artist at...
The Lyotard Suite by Jon Thompson
One of my issues with contemporary abstract art is that there is too much time devoted to young artists who are guilty of simply splashing their paintings with lashings of any exotic colour...
The Blinged Out Animals of Dusciana Bravura
Italian artist, Dusciana Bravura, combines a classic national art method – mosaic – with her own sense of wit and humor to create the sweetest, most fun and fresh menagerie of blinged...
The Deconstructed Paintings of Henry Jackson
Henry Jackson is a contemporary artist working out of San Francisco, California; he works primarily in the abstract but will often incorporate deconstructed human figures into his paintings...
Black and White Drawings from Susie Wong’s “[after image] My Beautiful…”
Susie Wong is an artist, art writer and curator living and working in Singapore, and it’s her recent 2014 exhibition, (after image) My Beautiful that caught my eye. At the centre of...
Douglas Gordon’s Hirshhorn Exhibition
Stumbling upon Scottish artist Douglas Gordon’s eponymous Hirshhorn exhibition in 2004 remains one of the single most satisfying and genuinely surprising moments of my life. The exhibit...
The Eccentric Artwork of Rebecca Horn
If Rebecca Horn is not a cult artist, it’s hard to define what we mean by ‘cult artist’. But the truth is that Horn isn’t really viewed as a cult artist at all. From her distinctive...
The Good and Bad Andy Warhol and Jean-Michael Basquiat Collaboration
The collaborative relationship between Andy Warhol and Jean-Michael Basquiat developed in the 1980s after they were introduced to each other by art dealer Bruno Bischofberger. This...
The Hallucinatory Digital Art of Jeremy Blake
In the months leading up to his suicide, multi-media artist Jeremy Blake became notorious for being erratic and paranoid. He and his girlfriend, Theresa Duncan, also an artist, were...