How would you paint a picture of something that’s not quite representable… like the sound of voices chanting, a spiritual vision, a childhood memory, or a dream that you can’t remember?
Dr. Allison Young
How would you paint a picture of something that’s not quite representable… like the sound of voices chanting, a spiritual vision, a childhood memory, or a dream that you can’t remember?
Ibrahim El-Salahi, Reborn Sounds of Childhood Dreams
This British-born Nigerian artist brings a Rococo painting into three dimensions, changing some critical details.
Yinka Shonibare, The Swing (After Fragonard)
Textile or sculpture? El Anatsui purposely disregards the limiting categories imposed by Western art history.
El Anatsui, Old Man’s Cloth
What might Shonibare wish to communicate by bringing together these “African” textiles with Fragonard’s Rococo images?
Yinka Shonibare, The Swing (After Fragonard)
In this work, a contemporary Ethiopian artist explores the utopian potential of chaos in a globalizing world.
Julie Mehretu, Stadia II
Why did the mayor of New York City threaten to close the museum exhibiting Ofili’s painting of the Virgin Mary?
A-Level: Chris Ofili, The Holy Virgin Mary
Neshat’s series examines the complexities of women’s identities in the Middle East’s changing cultural landscape.
A-Level: Shirin Neshat, Rebellious Silence, Women of ...
This British-born Nigerian artist brings a Rococo painting into three dimensions, changing some critical details.
A-Level: Yinka Shonibare, The Swing (After Fragonard)
This huge, abstract painting pulses with vivid color and bold gestural marks.
Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Earth’s Creation
Xu Bing’s text is illegible—even to those who can read Chinese.
Xu Bing, Book from the Sky
Kngwarreye’s rise to prominence as an internationally-recognized artist doesn’t fit the typical mold.
Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Earth’s Creation
In this work, a contemporary Ethiopian artist explores the utopian potential of chaos in a globalizing world.
Julie Mehretu, Stadia II
Textile or sculpture? El Anatsui purposely disregards the limiting categories imposed by Western art history.
El Anatsui, Old Man’s Cloth
This British-born Nigerian artist brings a Rococo painting into three dimensions, changing some critical details.
Yinka Shonibare, The Swing (After Fragonard)
Viola’s multi-channel video installations experiment with meditative states and the manipulation of time.
Bill Viola, The Crossing
Why did the mayor of New York City threaten to close the museum exhibiting Ofili’s painting of the Virgin Mary?
Chris Ofili, The Holy Virgin Mary
Neshat’s series examines the complexities of women’s identities in the Middle East’s changing cultural landscape.
Shirin Neshat, Rebellious Silence, Women of Allah ...
Smith imbues a normally-violent story with tenderness in the embrace between a woman and a wolf.
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