[{"n": "Christo and Jeanne-Claude", "u": "/e/modern-and-contemporary-artists/christo-and-jeanne-claude/", "s": "Artists of large-scale, fabric-wrapped environmental installations."}, {"n": "Cindy Sherman", "u": "/e/modern-and-contemporary-artists/cindy-sherman/", "s": "American artist known for photographic self-portraits as imagined characters."}, {"n": "Claes Oldenburg", "u": "/e/modern-and-contemporary-artists/claes-oldenburg/", "s": "Swedish-born American sculptor of oversized everyday objects."}, {"n": "Cy Twombly", "u": "/e/modern-and-contemporary-artists/cy-twombly/", "s": "American painter, sculptor, and photographer known for large-scale, scribbled, calligraphic works."}, {"n": "Damien Hirst", "u": "/e/modern-and-contemporary-artists/damien-hirst/", "s": "The shark, the formaldehyde, and the millions: Damien Hirst, the YBA who made death a spectacle."}, {"n": "Donald Judd", "u": "/e/modern-and-contemporary-artists/donald-judd/", "s": "American artist and leading theoretician of minimalism."}, {"n": "Eva Hesse", "u": "/e/modern-and-contemporary-artists/eva-hesse/", "s": "German-born American sculptor who pioneered postminimal art."}, {"n": "Faith Ringgold", "u": "/e/modern-and-contemporary-artists/faith-ringgold/", "s": "American artist known for narrative quilts and intersectional activism."}, {"n": "Félix González-Torres", "u": "/e/modern-and-contemporary-artists/f-lix-gonz-lez-torres/", "s": "Cuban-born American conceptual artist known for interactive everyday-material works."}, {"n": "Hannah Höch", "u": "/e/modern-and-contemporary-artists/hannah-h-ch/", "s": "German Dada artist and originator of photomontage."}, {"n": "Helen Frankenthaler", "u": "/e/modern-and-contemporary-artists/helen-frankenthaler/", "s": "American abstract expressionist painter and color field pioneer."}, {"n": "Hilma af Klint", "u": "/e/modern-and-contemporary-artists/hilma-af-klint/", "s": "Swedish mystic and pioneer of abstract painting."}, {"n": "James Turrell", "u": "/e/modern-and-contemporary-artists/james-turrell/", "s": "American artist known for light-based installations and skyspaces."}, {"n": "Jenny Holzer", "u": "/e/modern-and-contemporary-artists/jenny-holzer/", "s": "American neo-conceptual artist known for text in public spaces."}, {"n": "Jenny Saville", "u": "/e/modern-and-contemporary-artists/jenny-saville/", "s": "English figurative painter and original YBA member."}, {"n": "Joan Mitchell", "u": "/e/modern-and-contemporary-artists/joan-mitchell/", "s": "American abstract expressionist painter of emotionally intense landscapes."}, {"n": "Jean Dubuffet", "u": "/e/modern-and-contemporary-artists/jean-dubuffet/", "s": "French painter and sculptor who founded the art brut movement."}, {"n": "Joseph Beuys", "u": "/e/modern-and-contemporary-artists/joseph-beuys/", "s": "German artist and theorist of humanism, Fluxus, and performance art."}, {"n": "Judy Chicago", "u": "/e/modern-and-contemporary-artists/judy-chicago/", "s": "American feminist artist who created The Dinner Party."}, {"n": "Tracey Emin", "u": "/e/modern-and-contemporary-artists/tracey-emin/", "s": "English artist known for autobiographical and confessional artwork."}, {"n": "Yves Klein", "u": "/e/modern-and-contemporary-artists/yves-klein/", "s": "French artist and leading member of Nouveau réalisme, pioneer of performance art."}, {"n": "Jeff Koons", "u": "/e/modern-and-contemporary-artists/jeff-koons/", "s": "American artist known for popular culture sculptures and record auction prices."}, {"n": "Yayoi Kusama", "u": "/e/modern-and-contemporary-artists/yayoi-kusama/", "s": "Japanese artist known for polka dots, infinity nets, soft sculptures, and happenings."}, {"n": "Sol LeWitt", "u": "/e/modern-and-contemporary-artists/sol-lewitt/", "s": "American artist known for wall drawings and modular structures."}, {"n": "Takashi Murakami", "u": "/e/modern-and-contemporary-artists/takashi-murakami/", "s": "Japanese artist who blurs boundaries between high art and commerce."}, {"n": "Yoko Ono", "u": "/e/modern-and-contemporary-artists/yoko-ono/", "s": "Japanese retired artist, musician, and peace activist"}, {"n": "Jean-Michel Basquiat", "u": "/e/modern-and-contemporary-artists/jean-michel-basquiat/", "s": "Neo-expressionist who rose from SAMO graffiti to international acclaim."}, {"n": "Shepard Fairey", "u": "/e/modern-and-contemporary-artists/shepard-fairey/", "s": "Street artist, activist, and founder of OBEY Clothing, known for the Obama 'Hope' poster and the 'Andre the Gi"}, {"n": "Keith Haring", "u": "/e/modern-and-contemporary-artists/keith-haring/", "s": "American artist and activist known for his bold, graphic imagery and subway chalk drawings."}]