Avid blogger and contemporary artist Dennis Hollingsworth fuses abstraction with pop art in his low-relief paintings. Inspired by art and architecture alike, Hollingsworth’s work represents a chaotic, yet harmonious pattern creating depth and balance. A thick application of paint
Visual artist Ann Hamilton uses her background in textiles and sculpture to create large-scale, immersive installations. Born in Lima, Ohio in 1956 Hamilton received her BFA in Textile Design at the University of Kansas in 1979 and her MFA in sculpture at the Yale School of Art in 1985. From
Painter and sculptor Jonathan Borofsky is a conceptual artist who utilizes his subconscious as inspiration. With artwork distributed worldwide from Seoul, Korea, to Seattle, Washington, the artist has become well known for his large-scale exterior sculpture and impermanent installations. Born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1942, the artist attended Carnegie Mellon University where
Post-war American painter and printmaker Sam Francis is associated with the abstract expressionist movement. Artists that served as strong influences to him were Jackson Pollock and Clyfford Still, yet Francis’ use of space and his sensitivity to light has developed
Born on October 12, 1928 in Brooklyn New York, Al Held was a vibrant abstract expressionist painter known for his large-scale colorful paintings. Al Held passed away at his home in Italy in 2005 at the age of 76. A child of the Great Depression, Held grew up in a
McDonald’s Hamburgers Invading Japan/Tokyo Ginza Shuffle, 1982 Serigraph Gift: Edward Den Lau Estate, 2009 World-renowned Japanese-American artist, Masami Teraoka, combines elements of western culture and Japanese artistic style within his artwork. Although his subject matter, style, and influences have shifted throughout his life, Teraoka’s work is rooted in his Japanese heritage. Born in
Italian artist Alessandro Fornaci uses ancient symbols in conjunction with contemporary, political issues in his artwork. By contrasting the past with the present, Fornaci tries to prove that we are closer to ancient history than we think. Fornaci studied at the First Public Art Institute of Rome,
American artist Jim Dine has dabbled in several forms of artwork such as painting, sculpting, illustrating, performance art, stage design and poetry. The artist is known for the repetition of themes throughout different mediums; many of these represent common everyday objects elevated to an iconic stature. Dine is also
This Canadian-American based in Los Angeles is known for his deconstructive architecture that strays into poststructuralist design. Gehry is a Pritzker Prize winner for his advances in architecture. The 2010 world Architecture survey stated that his buildings were among the most important works of contemporary architecture, while
