Christopher Wool is an American abstract artist interested in postmodern and post-conceptual ideas. He’s a fairly divisive figure in the art world, with some viewing his work as groundbreaking and innovative, and others condemning him as superficial and lacking real talent. Nevertheless, his art is hugely popular, and since 2010, it has regularly commanded astronomical […]
Christopher Wool is widely regarded as one of the most important abstract artists alive today. Best-known for his word paintings and prints, Wool has also created numerous abstract pieces of work, and these are highly sought-after on today’s market. Though Wool is a controversial figure in the art world, his pieces fetch incredibly-high sums; his […]
Jonas Wood has become known for his flat, stylized images of contemporary life, ranging from domestic suburban interiors to vibrant depictions of plants and sporting events. Although he only really rose to prominence in the last 15 years, he has quickly established his reputation, and he’s now widely regarded as one of the foremost artists […]
Blurring the boundaries between abstract and figurative art, Jonas Wood has established his reputation as an artist who records contemporary American life whilst engaging with a myriad of artistic traditions and movements. He has been compared to giants such as David Hockney, Alex Katz, and Edward Hopper, and he is regarded as one of the […]
Edward Ruscha established his reputation in the late 1950s and early ‘60s with his unique, bold works that combined images and text to great effect, and which were strongly influenced by commercial advertising. Embodying many quintessential aspects of American culture with a deadpan approach to mass consumerism, Ruscha quickly became a leading force in the […]
Since the early 1960s, American artist Edward Ruscha has been viewed as one of the most influential pioneers of Pop Art, and as a key artist in the revolutionary movement. Known for his bold, deadpan works that combine images and words to explore American culture and consumerism, Ruscha is now seen as one of the […]
Often hailed as an artistic genius, Pablo Picasso has good claim to be the most important and dominant artist of the 20th century, and his impact cannot be denied. Picasso was incredibly prolific, and his ceaseless experiments with styles, techniques, and artistic movements have continued to shape the direction of contemporary art in the fifty […]
Pablo Picasso achieved immense success during his lifetime with his daring, innovative, and technically brilliant artwork. Known for co-founding the Cubist movement, Picasso also made major contributions to several other artistic movements and pioneered a number of artistic techniques, including collage. More than half a century since his death, Picasso remains one of the most […]
Grayson Perry is an English artist best-known for his ceramics and tapestries, as well as for his flamboyant cross-dressing. Perry tends to work with traditional mediums to uncompromisingly explore contemporary social issues and difficult themes, and he is often regarded as one of the most innovative artists alive today. Perry’s work is especially sought-after in […]
Grayson Perry is known almost as much for his eccentric and unapologetic personality as he is for his artwork. Though initially a controversial figure in the art world, in recent decades, Perry has secured his reputation as a thoughtful and talented contemporary artist, and the prices paid for his work reflect this. Perry is primarily […]
Known primarily as an abstract pioneer in post-World War II Britain, Victor Pasmore constantly reworked his daring, experimental style, shifting between figurative and abstract art, and never failing to try new things. Born in Surrey in December 1908, Pasmore was initially best-known for lyrical landscape and figurative paintings, often trying to copy the style of […]
The most noticeable aspect of Victor Pasmore’s work is perhaps its sheer scope and variety. The British artist is best known as a pioneer of abstract art in post-World War II Britain, but he was also a skilled figurative painter and printmaker, and he continued to fearlessly experiment with different styles and methods until his […]
Julian Opie is a British artist most famous for his stylised, minimalistic portraits which draw on many elements of Pop Art. His highly distinctive work is instantly recognisable, and though his repertoire is in some ways limited, it has been enough to propel him into the public eye as a leading and much-respected contemporary artist. […]
British artist Julian Opie was born in 1958 and graduated from Goldsmiths in 1982. Since then, he has focused on honing his highly distinctive minimalistic style, and he has successfully established his reputation as one of Britain’s foremost contemporary artists. Opie’s work is most popular in the United Kingdom, however there is also a strong […]
Ben Nicholson is widely recognised as one of the leading British artists of his generation. His Abstract paintings, prints, and reliefs gained him significant success during his lifetime, and his influence can still be felt today, more than forty years since his death. Nicholson’s work also still fetches respectable prices, especially in the United Kingdom. […]
During his long career, Ben Nicholson established his reputation as one of the most important British Abstract artists of the 20th century, and his contribution to Modernist art is still widely hailed to this day. By the time of his death in 1982, Ben Nicholson had achieved significant fame and success, and his art continues […]
American artist Keith Haring rose to prominence in 1980s New York with the spontaneous, stylised chalk images he drew on the city’s subways. From this, Haring’s rise to fame was spectacularly fast, though his career was cut tragically short when he died from AIDS-related complications in 1990, aged just 31. Despite his brief life, Haring’s […]
Keith Haring was born in 1958 and rose to prominence in New York in the 1980s. Though he died from AIDS-related complications when he was just 31, during his brief career, Haring achieved significant success with his instantly-recognisable stylised figures and symbols, and he is now widely-regarded as one of the most important artists of […]
George Condo’s style is so unique, the American artist has had to coin his own term to describe it: “artificial realism”. Created from a distinctive mixture of various different influences – from Old Masters to modern-day pop culture – George Condo’s artwork has captured public attention for over forty years, and he is now regarded […]
A huge array of different styles and influences converge and collide in George Condo’s work, emerging as a new and distinctive style unique to the American artist, which he has labelled “artificial realism”. Condo made his name in the headiness of 1980s New York, and he is now hailed as one of the most important […]