Title : | 50 Contemporary Artists You Should Know | Material Type: | printed text | Authors: | Brad Finger, Author ; Christiane Weidemann, Author | Publisher: | Prestel | Publication Date: | 2011 | ISBN (or other code): | 978-3-7913-4530-7 | Languages : | English (eng) | Descriptors: | Art
| Abstract: | This survey of great contemporary artists is the perfect introduction to the exciting world of art today. Artists working after the Second World War faced a confounding array of challenges, as stylistic barriers were broken, technology advanced, and issues of sexuality and race came to the forefront. From painters and photographers to sculptors and performance artists, fifty of the most influential contemporary artists are profiled in this colorful and engaging book that traces the various artistic movements and radical changes of the second half of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. |
50 Contemporary Artists You Should Know [printed text] / Brad Finger, Author ; Christiane Weidemann, Author . - [S.l.] : Prestel, 2011. ISBN : 978-3-7913-4530-7 Languages : English ( eng) Descriptors: | Art
| Abstract: | This survey of great contemporary artists is the perfect introduction to the exciting world of art today. Artists working after the Second World War faced a confounding array of challenges, as stylistic barriers were broken, technology advanced, and issues of sexuality and race came to the forefront. From painters and photographers to sculptors and performance artists, fifty of the most influential contemporary artists are profiled in this colorful and engaging book that traces the various artistic movements and radical changes of the second half of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. |
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