Artists of Interest
Magdalena Abakanowicz, born in June 1930, is a Polish sculptor. She usually focuses in the human figure and uses bronze as her main medium. http://www.abakanowicz.art.pl
Alice Aycock
Born in November in 1946 Aycock is an American sculptor whose work consists of semi-architectural projects which deal with the interaction of structure, site, materials, and the psychophisical responses of the viewer. www.tandempress.wisc.edu/tandem/gallery/aycock/aaycock.htm
Matthew Barney
Born in San Francisco in 1967, Barney graduated from Yale in 1991, in his work Barney integrates sculptural installations, with film, and preformance art. Barney’s is best known for his “Cremaster” video series. http://www.cremaster.net
Working in a wide range of media, Xu creates installations that question the idea of communicating meaning through language, demonstrating how both meaning and written words can be easily manipulated. Xu Bing is a Chinese born artist resident in the United States. www.xubing.com
Born in September 1944 Boltanski is a French photographer, sculptors and installation artist. His artistic work reflects problems of death, memory and loss.
Born in May 1949, Butterfield is an American sculptor; she is best known for her sculptures of horses made from found objects, especially pieces of wood. www.gregkucera.com/butterfield.htm
Chihuly is one of the first artists to introduce glass as a material for art making, especially in sculpture. Chihuly’s sculptures in glass explore color, line, and the properties of the materials. Chihuly also creates drawings that resemble the use of color and lines that are in his glass installations. http://chihuly.com/intro.html
(1933-1996) Falin was an American minimalist artist famous for creating sculptural objects and installations from commercially available flourescent light fixtures. www.diacenter.org/exhibits_b/flavin/
Born July 1956 Goldsworthy is a British sculptor, photographer and environmentalist who produces site-specific sculpture situated in natural and urban settings. www.goldsworthy.cc.gla.ac.uk/
Born in London in 1950, over the last 25 years Antony Gormley has revitalised the human image in sculpture through a radical investigation of the body as a place of memory and trasformation, using his own body as subject, tool and material. http://www.antonygormley.com/home.html
Hamilton was born in Ohio. Hamilton is interested in verbal and written language as she is in the visual, and sees the two as related and interchangeable. www.annhamiltonstudio.com
Hanson (1925-1996) was an American artist based in Florida, a sculptor known for his lifecast realistic works of people, cast in various materials, including polyester resin, fiberglass, and bronze. www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/duane_hanson.htm
Born 1950 is an American conceptual artist. The main focus of her work is the use of words and ideas in public space. Street posters are her favorite medium, and she also makes use of a variety of other media, including LED signs, plaques, benches, stickers, T-shirts, and the inernet. www.pbs.org/art21/artists/holzer/
Rebecca Horn
Born in 1944 Horn is a German installation artist most famous for her body modifications. In her work, she combines a variety of media: video, performance, installation, and sculpture. www.rebecca-horn.de/pages/biography.html
Born in March 1957, Neshat is an Iranian artist. Neshat uses photography and video for her work. Neshat portrays social issues like the role of women in muslim societies, as well as ideas of what it means to be in a different country.
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