1980–today
All content
![Richard Mayhew, <em>Indigenous Spiritual Space</em>](https://smarthistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Beyond-the-trees-570x350.jpg)
Richard Mayhew, Indigenous Spiritual Space
Explosions of color signify a landscape, real or imagined
![Lee Ufan](https://smarthistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1121257616_1280x720-570x350.jpg)
Lee Ufan
To behold a painting or sculpture by the Korean artist and philosopher Lee Ufan is to feel suspended in a single breath longer than seems biologically possible.
![Jack Whitten on Mapping the Soul](https://smarthistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/maxresdefault-8-570x350.jpg)
Jack Whitten on Mapping the Soul
"As an abstract painter, I work with things that I cannot see," says Jack Whitten.
![Mariko Mori, <em>Pure Land</em>](https://smarthistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Mori-Pure-Land-thumb-570x350.jpg)
Mariko Mori, Pure Land
In her immersive dreamscapes, Mori transforms the celestial attendants of Buddhist art into pastel-colored aliens.
![Bruce Nauman, <em>The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic Truths</em>](https://smarthistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Nauman-thumb-e1692571609679.jpg)
Bruce Nauman, The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic Truths
Using the medium of mass culture, Nauman brought high-brow questions about the role of art to broader society.
![Bill Viola, <em>The Crossing</em>](https://smarthistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Viola-thumb.jpg)
Bill Viola, The Crossing
Viola’s multi-channel video installations experiment with meditative states and the manipulation of time.