THEME
INSPIRATION
SUBJECTS & CONCEPTS
Abstraction |
Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) 2D
Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) 2D Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) 2D Kazimir Malevich (1878-1935) 2D Mark Rothko (1903-1970) - 2D Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975) 3D Willem De Kooning (1904-1997) 2D Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) 2D Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015) 2D Anthony Caro (1924-2013) 3D Cy Twombly (1928-2011) 2D Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011) 2D Jonathan Lasker (1948- ) 2D Tracy Adams (1954- ) 2D Brenda Zappitell (1964- ) 2D Anya Spielman (1966- ) 2D Andrew Holmquist (1985- ) 2D |
ACTIVISM |
Diego Rivera (1886-1957) 2D
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) 2D Dorthea Lange (1895-1965) Lens Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000) 2D Danny Lyon (1942- ) Lens Chakaia Booker (1963- ) 3D Kerry James Marshall (1955- ) 2D & 3D Felix Gonzalez-Torres (1957-1996) 3D Ai Wei Wei (1957- ) 3D Keith Haring (1958-1990) 2D An-My Lei (1960- ) Lens Carrie Reichardt (1966- ) 2D Banksy (1974- ) 2D Sanaz Mazinani (1978- ) 3D & Lens Guerilla Girls (1985- ) 2D Tatyana Fazlalizadeh (1985- ) 2D Courtney Mattison (1985- ) 3D |
APPROPRIATION |
Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) 3D
Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) 2D Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) 2D & 3D Andy Warhol (1928-1987) 2D & 3D Sherrie Levine (1947- ) Lens Richard Prince (1949- ) 2D & Lens Yasumasa Morimura (1951- ) Lens Jeff Koons (1955- ) 3D Wang Guangyi (1957- ) 2D |
THE BODY |
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) 2D
Michelangelo (1475-1564) 2D & 3D Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) 2D Jean Ingres (1780-1867) 2D Edgar Degas (1834-1917) 2D & 3D Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) 3D Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) 3D Francis Bacon (1909-1992) 2D Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002) 3D Judy Chicago (1939- ) 3D Marina Abramovic (1946- ) 3D Renee Cox (1960- ) Lens Matthew Barney (1967- ) 3D & Lens Vanessa Beecroft (1969- ) 3D Jenny Saville (1970- ) 2D Wangechi Mutu (1972- ) 2D Alexa Meade (1986- ) 3D |
Chance |
Jean Arp (1886-1966) 3D
John Cage (1912-1992) 3D Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015) 2D Roland Flexner (1944- ) Lens Anya Gallaccio (1963- ) 3D Kadar Brock (1980- ) 2D |
CHAOS |
John Martin (1789-1854) 2D
Man Ray (1890-1976) 3D & Lens Rene Magritte (1898-1967) 2D Robert Therrien (1947- ) 3D Cornelia Parker (1956- ) 3D Julie Mehretu (1970- ) 2D |
COMMUNITY
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Diego Rivera (1886-1957) 2D
Jane Golden (1953- ) 2D Tyree Guyton (1955- ) 3D Keith Haring (1958-1990) 2D Theaster Gates (1973- ) 3D Brandan Odums (1985- ) 2D |
CONTROVERSY |
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) 2D
Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) 3D Richard Serra (1938- ) 3D Orlan (1947- ) 3D Andres Serrano (1950- ) Lens Nan Goldin (1953- ) Lens Ai Wei Wei (1957- ) 3D Jake & Dinos Chapman (1962- ) 3D Damien Hirst (1965- ) 2D & 3D Chris Ofili (1968- ) 2D Banksy (1974- ) 2D |
DECONSTRUCTION |
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) 2D & 3D
Frank Gehry (1929- ) 3D David Hockney (1937- ) 3D & Lens Joseph Kosuth (1945) 3D Michael Mapes (1962- ) 3D Thomas Kellner (1966- ) Lens Lucas Simoes (1980- ) 3D & Lens Agnes Toth (1981- ) 2D Micaela Lattanzio (1981- ) 2D Louis G Martins (1988- ) 2D |
EXPRESSION |
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) 2D
Edvard Munch (1863-1944) 2D Kathe Kollwitz (1867-1945) 2D Henri Matisse (1869-1954) 2D Paul Klee (1879-1940) 2D Egon Schiele (1890-1918) 2D Jean Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) 2D Kwangho Shin (1983- ) 2D |
GENDER |
Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) 2D
Nancy Spero (1926-2009) 2D Judy Chicago (1939- ) 3D Ana Mendieta (1948-1985) 3D Jenny Holzer (1950- ) 3D Cindy Sherman (1954- ) Lens Mickalene Thomas (1971- ) 2D Guerilla Girls (1985- ) 2D |
IDENTITY |
Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) 2D
Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) 3D Vivian Maier (1926-2009) Lens Yayoi Kusama (1929- ) 2D & 3D Barbara Kruger (1945- ) 2D Ana Mendieta (1948-1985) 3D Nancy Burson (1948- ) Lens Cindy Sherman (1954- ) Lens Pepon Osorio (1955- ) 3D Shirin Neshat (1957- ) Lens Glenn Ligon (1960- ) 2D Lorna Simpson (1960- ) 2D, 3D & Lens Nikki S. Lee (1970- ) Lens Dita Pepe (1973- ) Lens Njideka Akunyili Crosby (1983- ) 2D |
HYBRIDITY |
Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948) 2D
Nam June Paik (1932-2006) 3D & Lens Shiela Hicks (1934- ) 3D John Stezaker (1949- ) 2D Hito Steyerl (1966- ) 3D Matthew Barney (1967- ) 3D Seth Price (1973- ) 3D Kate Steciw (1978- ) 3D |
KITSCH |
Margaret Keane (1927- ) 2D
Jeff Koons (1955- ) 3D Wayne White (1957- ) 2D Thomas Kinkade (1958-2012) 2D Yoshitomo Nara (1959- ) 2D Einar & Jamex de la Torre (1960- ) 2D & 3D John Currin (1962- ) 2D Takashi Murakami (1962- ) 3D |
LAYERS |
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) 2D
Molly Zuckerman-Hartung (1975- ) 2D Romare Bearden (1911-1988) 2D Helen Sear (1955- ) Lens Mark Bradford (1961- ) 2D Heather Day (1989- ) 2D |
LIGHT |
Tintoretto (1518-1594) 2D
Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) 2D Claude Monet (1840-1926) 2D Mark Rothko (1903-1970) - 2D Jung Lee (1916-1956) 2D Robert Irwin (1928- ) 3D Dan Flavin (1933-1996) 3D James Turrell (1943- ) 3D Deborah Kass (1952- ) 3D Cornelia Parker (1956- ) 3D Olafur Eliasson (1967- ) 3D & Lens |
MACABRE |
Francisco Goya (1746-1828) 2D
William Blake (1757-1827) 2D Francis Bacon (1909-1992) 2D Tim Burton (1958- ) Lens Damien Hirst (1965- ) 2D & 3D |
MEMORY |
Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) 2D
Jacques- Louis David (1748-1825) 2D Gerhard Richter (1932- ) 2D & Lens Don McCullin (1935- ) Lens Mike Kelley (1954-2012) 3D Pepon Osario (1955- ) 3D William Kentridge (1955- ) 2D Luc Tuymans (1958- ) 2D Tracy Emin (1963- ) 3D Josiah McElheny (1966- ) 3D Li Song Song (1973- ) 2D |
MOVEMENT |
Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904)
Giacomo Balla (1871-1958) 2D Umberto Boccioni (1882-1916) 2D & 3D Alexander Calder (1898-1976) 3D Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) 2D Bridget Riley (1931- ) 2D Theo Jansen (1948- ) 3D William Kentridge (1955- ) 2D & Lens |
MUNDANE |
Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) 3DWayne Thiebaud (1920- ) 2D
Claes Oldenburg (1929 - ) 3D Andreas Gursky (1955- ) Lens Susan Collins (1956- ) 3D Daniel Spoerri (1930- ) 3D Matthias Merkel Hess (1978- ) 3D Jason Travis (1981- ) Lens |
NARRATIVE |
Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) 2D
Faith Ringgold (1930- ) 2D & 3D Graciela Iturbide (1942- ) Lens Marlene Dumas (1953- ) 2D Kiki Smith (1954- ) 2D & 3D Alison Bechdel (1960- ) 2D Billy White (1962- ) 2D & 3D Kara Walker (1969- ) 2D & 3D Trenton Doyle Hancock (1974- ) 2D Chitra Ganesh (1975- ) 2D |
NATURE |
J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851) 2D
John Constable (1776-1837) 2D Thomas Cole (1801-1848) 2D Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) 3D Georgia O'Keefe (1887-1986) 2D Ansel Adams (1902-1984) Lens Christo & Jeanne Claude (1935-2009) 3D Robert Smithson (1938-1973) 3D Ursula von Rydingsvard (1942- ) 3D Andy Goldsworthy (1956- ) 3D Keith Salmon (1959- ) 2D Stephen Wiltshrire (1974- ) 2D Yang Yongliang (1980- ) 2D & Lens Zaria Forman (1982- ) 2D Adele Renault (1988- ) 2D |
PERCEPTION |
Georges Seurat (1859-1891) 2D
MC Escher (1898-1972) 2D Victor Vasarely (19061997) 2D Bridget Riley (1931- ) 2D James Turrell (1943- ) 3D Devorah Sperber (1961- ) 3D Beastman (1980- ) 2D Jen Stark (1983- ) 3D |
PERFORMANCE |
John Cage (1912-1992) 3D
Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) 3D Suzanne Lacy (1945- ) 2D & 3D Marina Abramovic (1946- ) 3D Ana Mendieta (1948-1985) 3D Mona Hatoum (1952- ) 3D Zhang Huan (1965- ) 3D |
PLACE |
Yayoi Kusama (1929- ) 2D & 3D
Richard Serra (1938- ) 3D Pepon Osario (1955- ) 3D Do Ho Suh (1962- ) 3D Janet Echelman (1966- ) 3D Julie Mehretu (1970- ) 2D Theaster Gates (1973- ) 3D |
PORTRAITURE |
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) 2D
Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) 2D Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) 2D Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) 2D Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) 2D Lucian Freud (1922-2011) 2D Diane Arbus (1923-1971) Lens Richard Avedon (1923-2004) Lens Andy Warhol (1928-1987) 2D Chuck Close (1940- ) 2D Annie Leibovitz (1949- ) Lens Cindy Sherman (1954- ) Lens Hanoch Piven (1963- ) 3D Cayce Zavaglia (1971- ) 2D & 3D Kehinde Wiley (1977- ) 2D |
POWER |
Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) 2D
Diego Velazquez (1599-1660) 2D Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680) 2D Nancy Spero (1926-2009) 2D Ida Applebroog (1929- ) 2D Jenny Holzer (1950- ) 3D Cai Guo-Qiang (1957- ) 2D & 3D Yinka Shinibare (1962- ) 3D Kehinde Wiley (1977- ) 2D Guerilla Girls (1985- ) 2D |
REALISM |
Jan van Eyck (1390-1441) 2D
Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) 2D Dorthea Lange (1895-1965) Lens Jack Levine (1915-2010) 2D Chuck Close (1940- ) 2D Ron Mueck (1958- ) 3D Rachel Rossin (1987- ) Lens & 3D |
SExUALITY |
Egon Schiele (1890-1918) 2D
Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989) Lens Yasumasa Morimura (1951- ) Lens Catherine Opie (1961- ) Lens Mickalene Thomas (1971- ) 2D Zanele Muhoili (1972- ) Lens |
SPIRITUALITY |
Fra Angelico (1395-1455) 2D
Hieronymous Bosch (1450-1516) 2D Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1912) 2D Michelangelo (1475-1564) 2D & 3D El Greco (1541-1614) 2D Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) 2D Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) 2D Wassily Kandinksy (1866-1944) -2D Mark Rothko (1903-1970) - 2D Howard Finster (1916-2001) 2D James Turrell (1943- ) 3D Ann Hamilton (1956- ) 3D Alma Lopez (1966- ) 2D |
SURREALISM |
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) 2D
May Ray (1890-1976) 3D & Lens Rene Magritte (1898-1967) 2D Yves Tanguy (1900-1955) 2D Salvador Dali (1904-1989) 2D Meret Oppenheim (1913-1985) 3D Claes Oldenburg (1929 - ) 3D Jeff Koons (1955- ) 3D Emma Sancartier (1988- ) 2D Stefan Zsaitsits (1981- ) 2D |
SYMBOLISM |
Gustav Moreau (1826-1898) 2D
Odilon Redon (1840-1916) 2D Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) 2D Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) 2D Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) 3D Yayoi Kusama (1929- ) 2D & 3D Doris Salcedo (1958- ) 3D |
TECHNOLOGY |
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1912) 2D
Theo Jansen (1948- ) 3D Kim Keever (1955- ) Lens William Kentridge (1955- ) 2D & Lens Angela Bulloch (1966- ) 3D Olafur Eliasson (1967- ) 3D & Lens Eric Standley (1968- ) 3D Libs Elliott (1974- ) 2D m Yuri Suzuki (1980- ) 3D Morehshin Allahyari (1985- ) 3D & Lens Petra Cortright (1986- ) 2D & Lens |
TEXT |
Sol LeWitt (1928-2007) 2D & 3D
John Baldessari (1931- 2020) 2D & 3D Tom Phillips (1937- ) 2D Bruce Nauman (1941- ) 3D & Lens Barbara Kruger (1945- ) 2D Jenny Holzer (1950- ) 3D Glenn Ligon (1960- ) 2D Ben Eine (1970- ) 2D |
TIME |
Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) Lens
Claude Monet (1840-1926) 2D Umberto Boccioni (1882-1916) 2D & 3D Nam June Paik (1932- ) Lens Joel Meyerowitz (1938- ) Lens Bruce Nauman (1941- ) Lens Nicholas Nixon (1947- ) Lens Néle Azevedo (1950- ) 3D Christiane Baumgartner (1967- ) 2D |
TRANSFORMATION |
M.C. Escher (1898-1972) 2D
Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) 3D El Anatsui (1944- ) 3D Cindy Sherman (1954- ) Lens Anya Gallaccio (1963- ) 3D Chakaia Booker (1963- ) 3D Pedro Reyes (1974- ) 3D Rob Foote (1978- ) 2D Redmer Hoekstra (1982- ) 2D Ben Heine (1983- ) 2D Yulia Brodskaya (1983- ) 2D & 3D |
VIOLENCE |
Hieronymous Bosch (1450-1516) 2D
Francisco Goya (1746-1828) 2D John Martin (1789-1854) 2D Suzanne Lacy (1945- ) 2D & 3D Jamal Penjweny (1981- ) Lens |