100 Contemporary Artists A-Z

100 Contemporary Artists A-Z
EditorHans Werner Holzwarth
LanguageEnglish, French, German
SubjectContemporary art
GenreVisual art
PublisherTASCHEN
Publication dateOctober 1, 2009
Publication placeGermany
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages704
ISBN978-3836514903
OCLC748978420
Dewey Decimal709.0511

100 Contemporary Artists A-Z (ISBN 978-3836514903) is a two-volume edition contemporary art compendium. It is the 25th anniversary special edition and it features one hundred contemporary artists from TASCHEN's seminal Art Now! 4 and Art at the Turn of the Millennium series.[1][2] The biographies are available in English, French and German. The compilation was edited by Hans Werner Holzwarth.[3]

Contents

The artists are covered in two volumes, forty-nine in 100 Contemporary Artists A-K and fifty-one in 100 Contemporary Artists L-Z. On the front cover of the first volume is a representation of Peter Doig's Figures in Red Boat (2005–07) and on the back cover Olafur Eliasson's The Weather Project (2003) is represented. The second volume’s front cover shows Wolfgang Tillmans' Freischwimmer 20 (2003) while the back cover highlights Kara Walker's For the Benefit of All the Races of Mankind (2002).[4]

Reception

A review by ABC News described 100 Contemporary Artists A-Z as "... a comprehensive study of contemporary art at the beginning of the 21st century. At 704 pages, it's nearly 12 pounds of art for your viewing pleasure".[5]

The painter Chris Huen Sin Kan credits the book with inspiring him to pursue art.[6]

Artists

There are one hundred contemporary artists featured in 100 Contemporary Artists A-Z. In the first of the two-volume edition, 100 Contemporary Artists A-K there are forty-nine artists and fifty-one in the second volume, 100 Contemporary Artists L-Z. On the front cover of the first volume is a representation of Peter Doig's Figures in Red Boat (2005-07) and on the back cover Olafur Eliasson's The Weather Project (2003) is represented. The second volume features on the front cover Wolfgang Tillmans' Freischwimmer 20 (2003) while the back cover highlights Kara Walker's For the Benefit of All the Races of Mankind (2002).[7]

Volume Name Born Died Nationality Best known for
1 Ai Weiwei 1957 Chinese Sculpture
2 Albert Oehlen 1954 German Painting
1 André Butzer 1973 German Painting
1 Andreas Gursky 1955 German Photography
1 Anish Kapoor 1954 British Sculpture
1 Banksy Anonymous Graffiti
1 Barbara Kruger 1945 American Collage
2 Beatriz Milhazes 1960 Brazilian Painting
1 Cai Guo-Qiang 1957 Chinese Drawing
1 Cecily Brown 1969 British Painting
2 Charles Ray 1953 American Sculpture
2 Chris Ofili 1968 British Painting
2 Christopher Wool 1955 American Painting
2 Cindy Sherman 1954 American Photography
1 Cosima von Bonin 1962 German Sculpture
1 Damien Hirst 1965 British Conceptual art
2 Daniel Richter 1962 German Painting
1 Darren Almond 1971 British Installation art
1 Doug Aitken 1968 American Photography
1 Douglas Gordon 1966 British Video art
2 Elizabeth Peyton 1965 American Painting
1 Ellen Gallagher 1965 American Painting
1 Michael Elmgreen &

Ingar Dragset

 1961

1969

 Danish

Norwegian

 Sculpture
2 Ernesto Neto 1964 Brazilian Installation art
2 Erwin Wurm 1954 Austrian Sculpture
1 Félix González-Torres 1957 1996 American Installation art
2 Francesco Vezzoli 1971 Italian Film
1 Francis Alÿs 1959 Belgian Performance art
1 Franz Ackermann 1963 German Painting
2 Franz West 1947 2012 Austrian Sculpture
2 Gabriel Orozco 1962 Mexican Sculpture
1 Gary Hume 1962 British Painting
1 George Condo 1957 American Painting
1 Glenn Brown 1966 British Painting
1 Günther Förg 1952 2013 German Painting
2 Jason Rhoades 1965 2006 American Installation art
1 Jean-Michel Basquiat 1960 1988 American Painting
1 Jeff Koons 1955 American Installation art
2 Jeff Wall 1946 Canadian Photography
1 John Currin 1962 American Painting
2 Jonathan Meese 1970 German Painting
2 Jorge Pardo 1963 Cuban-American Sculpture
2 Kara Walker 1969 African-American Painting
2 Kehinde Wiley 1977 American Painting
1 Keith Haring 1958 1990 American Graffiti
2 Luc Tuymans 1958 Belgian Painter
2 Marepe 1970 Brazilian Sculpture
2 Mariko Mori 1967 Japanese Photography
1 Mark Grotjahn 1968 American Painting
1 Marlene Dumas 1953 South African Painting
1 Martin Kippenberger 1953 1997 German Sculpture
1 Matthew Barney 1967 American Sculpture
1 Maurizio Cattelan 1960 Italian Sculpture
2 Mickalene Thomas 1971 American Painting
1 Mike Kelley 1954 2012 American Sculpture
1 Mona Hatoum 1952 Palestinian Installation art
1 Monica Bonvicini 1965 Italian Installation art
1 Nan Goldin 1953 American Photography
1 Nathalie Djurberg 1978 Swedish Video art
2 Neo Rauch 1960 German Painting
1 Olafur Eliasson 1967 Icelandic-Danish Sculpture
2 Paul McCarthy 1945 American Sculpture
1 Peter Doig 1959 Scottish Painting
1 Peter Fischli &

David Weiss

 1952

1946

 2012 Swiss Sculpture
2 Philip Taaffe 1955 American Painting
2 Piotr Uklanski 1968 Polish-American Installation art
2 Pipilotti Rist 1962 Swiss Video art
2 Rachel Whiteread 1963 British Sculpture
2 Raqib Shaw 1974 Indian Painting
2 Raymond Pettibon 1967 American Drawing
2 Rebecca Warren 1965 British Sculpture
2 Richard Phillips 1962 American Painting
2 Richard Prince 1969 American Painting
1 Rineke Dijkstra 1959 Dutch Photography
2 Rirkrit Tiravanija 1961 Thai Installation art
1 Robert Gober 1954 American Sculptor
2 Rosemarie Trockel 1952 German Collage
2 Rudolf Stingel 1956 Italian Painting
2 Santiago Sierra 1966 Spanish Installation art
2 Sarah Lucas 1962 British Photography
2 Sarah Morris 1967 American Painting
2 Shirin Neshat 1957 Iranian Installation art
1 Subodh Gupta 1964 Indian Sculpture
2 Takashi Murakami 1962 Japanese Painting
1 Terence Koh 1977 Canadian Sculpture
1 Thomas Demand 1964 German Sculpture
1 Thomas Hirschhorn 1957 Swiss Installation art
2 Thomas Struth 1954 German Photography
2 Tim Noble &

Sue Webster

 1966

1967

 British Installation art
2 Tobias Rehberger 1966 German Sculptor
1 Tom Friedman 1965 American Sculpture
2 Tony Oursler 1957 American Installation art
1 Tracey Emin 1963 British Installation art
1 Urs Fischer 1973 Swiss Photography
2 Vera Lutter 1960 German Photography
1 Walton Ford 1960 American Watercolor painting
2 Wangechi Mutu 1972 Kenyan Collage
2 Wolfgang Tillmans 1968 German Photography
2 Won Ju Lim 1968 Korean-American Installation art
2 Yoshitomo Nara 1959 Japanese Sculpture

See also

References

  1. ↑ "100 Contemporary Artists". www.artbook.com. Artbook. Archived from the original on 14 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Taschen 100 Contemporary Artists. 2 Vols". Coggles. Archived from the original on 20 September 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "100 CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS A FRESH & COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY" (in German). BlackQube. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  4. ↑ Holzwarth, Hans W., ed. (2009). 100 contemporary artists A-Z (Taschen's 25th anniversary special ed.). Taschen America. ISBN 978-3836514903.
  5. ↑ Neger, Patty; Ehrlich, Ali (24 November 2010). "Favorite Coffee Table Books". ABC News. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Chris Huen Sin Kan: Painting Again and Again". ocula.com. 2022-02-27. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  7. ↑ Holzwarth, Hans W., ed. (2009). 100 contemporary artists A-Z. Taschen America. ISBN 978-3836514903.
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