Modern & Contemporary Artists Codexery

A source-cited reference to modern & contemporary artists

Modern & Contemporary Artists (29)

• Christo and Jeanne-Claude — Artists of large-scale, fabric-wrapped environmental installations.
• Cindy Sherman — American artist known for photographic self-portraits as imagined characters.
• Claes Oldenburg — Swedish-born American sculptor of oversized everyday objects.
• Cy Twombly — American painter, sculptor, and photographer known for large-scale, scribbled, calligraphic works.
• Damien Hirst — The shark, the formaldehyde, and the millions: Damien Hirst, the YBA who made death a spectacle.
• Donald Judd — American artist and leading theoretician of minimalism.
• Eva Hesse — German-born American sculptor who pioneered postminimal art.
• Faith Ringgold — American artist known for narrative quilts and intersectional activism.
• Félix González-Torres — Cuban-born American conceptual artist known for interactive everyday-material works.
• Hannah Höch — German Dada artist and originator of photomontage.
• Helen Frankenthaler — American abstract expressionist painter and color field pioneer.
• Hilma af Klint — Swedish mystic and pioneer of abstract painting.
• James Turrell — American artist known for light-based installations and skyspaces.
• Jenny Holzer — American neo-conceptual artist known for text in public spaces.
• Jenny Saville — English figurative painter and original YBA member.
• Joan Mitchell — American abstract expressionist painter of emotionally intense landscapes.
• Jean Dubuffet — French painter and sculptor who founded the art brut movement.
• Joseph Beuys — German artist and theorist of humanism, Fluxus, and performance art.
• Judy Chicago — American feminist artist who created The Dinner Party.
• Tracey Emin — English artist known for autobiographical and confessional artwork.
• Yves Klein — French artist and leading member of Nouveau réalisme, pioneer of performance art.
• Jeff Koons — American artist known for popular culture sculptures and record auction prices.
• Yayoi Kusama — Japanese artist known for polka dots, infinity nets, soft sculptures, and happenings.
• Sol LeWitt — American artist known for wall drawings and modular structures.
• Takashi Murakami — Japanese artist who blurs boundaries between high art and commerce.
• Yoko Ono — Japanese retired artist, musician, and peace activist
• Jean-Michel Basquiat — Neo-expressionist who rose from SAMO graffiti to international acclaim.
• Shepard Fairey — Street artist, activist, and founder of OBEY Clothing, known for the Obama 'Hope' poster and the 'Andre the Giant Has a…
• Keith Haring — American artist and activist known for his bold, graphic imagery and subway chalk drawings.

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