Finger, Brad.

50 contemporary artists you should know / Fifty contemporary artists you should know Brad Finger, Christiane Weidemann. - Munich ; New York : Prestel, c2011. - 157 p. : chiefly ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.

Includes index.

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.

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.

3791345303 9783791345307

2011283903

015739716 Uk


Artists--Biography.
Art, Modern--20th century.
Art, Modern--21st century.

N 40 / .F56 2011