ARTIST

Just notes

Jeff Koons

in the mid-1980s as part of a generation of artists who explored the meaning of

art in a media-saturated era.

• American artist

• at least one world record auction price for a work by a living artist (Contemporary Art Evening Sale in New York City for US$58.4 million)

• He lives and works in both NYC

• His father was a furniture dealer and interior decorator; his mother was a seamstress.

• Koons studied painting at the school of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Maryland Institute College of Art.

Cy Twombly

Romantic symbolism

• American Artist

• His paintings are in the permanent collections of the New York's Museum of Modern Art and the Musee du Louvre in Paris.

• romantic symbolism

• Twombly was interested in the layering of time and history, of painting and drawing, and of various meanings and associations. His art situates itself in the context of the history of Western civilization as well as the process-oriented aspects of Abstract Expressionism.

Damien Hirst

Natural History

• an English artist, entrepreneur, and art collector.

• Richest living artist

• He became famous for a series of artworks in which dead animals (including a shark, a sheep and a cow)

• “For the Love of God

Cindy Sherman

selfie

• American Photographer

• as one of the most important and influential artists in contemporary art.

• To create her photographs, she assumes multiple roles of photographer, model, makeup artist, hairdresser, stylist, and wardrobe mistress.

Roy Lichtenstein

Cartoon

• Amercan Pop artist

• a leading figure in the new art movement.

• His work was heavily influenced by both popular advertising and the comic book style.

Francoise Nielly

famous for painting vibrant and colourful closeup portraits

• A French knife-painter

• A lot of her work is inspired by urban life

• She layers her paintings with bright and contrasting colour.

• She was represented in many exhibitions and art fairs in Europe (

Helen Constant

The Artist comes from EDU

Tatiana Mikhina

Moscow, Russia

Maja Borowicz

Poland