The “father of video art” argued that electronic communication, not transportation, unites the modern world.
Photography and video
Sherman creates a series of film stills starring herself—but there is no film.
Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #21
Sherman uses textiles, prosthetics, and her own body to transform into a murderous biblical heroine.
Cindy Sherman, Untitled #228
At first glance this may seem to be an uncomposed snapshot of modern life. Think again.
Jeff Wall, A View from an Apartment
Why watch the tides when you can read about it in the newspaper? Kentridge comments on social class in this drawing.
William Kentridge, drawing from Tide Table (Soho ...
Viola’s multi-channel video installations experiment with meditative states and the manipulation of time.
Bill Viola, The Crossing
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 ...
Dijkstra asks her subjects to pose themselves—and they often inadvertently reflect historic works of art.
Rineke Dijkstra, Odessa, Ukraine, August 4, 1993
Walker’s installation builds a world that unleashes horrors even as it seduces viewers.
Kara Walker, Darkytown Rebellion
Through manipulation of media, these artists questioned the possibility and the significance of “originality.”