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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) Japanese artist known as the last master of ukiyo-e (picture[s] of the floating world)
Warbler on a Plum Branch, from a series of Bird and Flower Subjects (1835)
Odawara (1840)
Plum Garden at Kamata (1857)
Enoshima, from Thirty-six Views of Mt.Fuji (1858)
Kiki Smith (1954-) American (NJ) artist known for creating drawings paintings and sculpture dealing with abjection.
Daisy Chain (1992)
Getting the Bird Out (1992)
Lilith (1994)
Lilith (1994) detail
Born (2002)
MICHAEL OATMAN (1964-) American (VT) whose collages and installations integrate thousands of found, modified and handmade images.
Blanket (2002)
Reenactment (2004)
Landscape Improvement Program (Dutch Masters) (2008)
The Invention of the Wheel and/or Fire (2011)
Kumi Yamashita (1968-) Japanese artist (working in NYC) She is most known for her work with light and shadow, but also works in textiles and rubbings.
profile (1994)
Lovers (1999)
Glider (2002)
Clouds (2005)
Seonna Hong (1973-) American (CA) pop surrealist (lowbrow) painter and illustrator
Self Defeating (2006)
Branches (2008)
Hold That Tiger (2014)
Blood Moon (2016)
Ross Bleckner (1949-) American (NY) known for his large-scale paintings that deal primarily with remembrance and loss.
Gravity of Matter (1981)
Fallen Summer (1988)
Birdland (2000)
Linkage Map (2000)
Patricia Piccinini (1965-) Australian (born Sierra Leone) known for hyper-realistic sculptures of silicone and fiberglass hybrid creatures.
Welcome Guest (2012)
The Rookie (2015)
Metaflora (Twin Rivers Mouth) (detail) (2015)
The Dancer (2016)
Takashi Murakami (1962-) Japanese artist working in fine arts media as well as commercial media .
Tan Tan Bo Puking – a.k.a. Gero-tan (2002)
727 (2003)
That I may time transcend, that a universe my heart may unfold (2007)
Hands Clasped (detail) (2015)
Kara Walker (1969-) American (born CA) Known for exploring race, gender, violence and identity in her work. MacArthur Grant Winner.
Renaissance society installation (1997)
No Mere Words Can Adequately Reflect the Remorse This Negress Feels At Having Been Cast Into Such A Lowly State By Her Former Masters And So It Is With A Humble Heart That She Brings About Their Physical Ruin And Earthly Demise (1999)
Grub for Sharks A Concession to the Negro Populace (2004)
Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960 – 1988) American (NY) Neo-expressionist artist focused on "suggestive dichotomies", such as wealth versus poverty, integration versus segregation, inner versus outer experience, etc.
Philistines (1982)
Boy and Dog in a Johnnypump (1982)
Profit I (1982)
50 cent Piece (1983)
Cindy Sherman (1954-) American (NJ) photographer best known for her conceptual portraits.
Untitled #96 (1981)
Untitled #96 (1981)
Untitled #193 (1989)
Untitled #463 (2007-08)
Derek Albeck (1983-) American (CA) artist known for graphite and colored pencil images
Put on a Happy Face (2009)
Happy Artist (2009)
Smiles all around Downtown (2009)
American Headache, Bobby (2009)
Jenny Saville (1970-) British painter associated with the YBA (Young British Artists), known for large scale paintings of female figures.
Untitled (1990)
Strategy (South Face Front Face North Face) (1993-94)
Cindy (1993)
Host (2000)
Eric Fischl (1948-) American (NY) neo-expressionist painter working with the figure
Self-portrait (1980)
Scarsdale (1986)
Untitled (2008)
Untitled (2008)
Leon Golub (1922 – 2004) American (IL) painter creating gritty images depicting issues of power.
Vietnam II (1973) acrylic on canvas
Pinochet Saluting (1977) acrylic on burlap
Mercenaries III (1980) acrylic on linen
White Squad V (1984) acrylic on linen
Janet Fish (1938-) American (MA) realist painter, mainly known for images of glass and plastic.
Peaches (1971) pastel on paper
Beer and Brandy Glasses (1975) oil painting
Raspberries and Goldfish (1981) oil painting
June (1999) oil painting
Guerrilla Girls (1985-) A
nonymous group of feminist, female artists devoted to fighting sexism and racism within the art world.
Ai Weiwei (1957-) Chinese contemporary artist and activist, often at odds with the Chinese government.
Sunflower Seeds (2010) 100 million hand made, hand painted porcelain seeds
Straight (2008-12) 150 tons of straightened re-bar from schools destroyed in Sichuan earthquakes. 5000 students dead.
Forever (2014) Over 1500 Forever bicycles
Letgo Room (2015) over 2 million Chinese imitation Legos depicting human rights activists and victims
Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1656) Female
Italian Baroque painter, considered one of the most accomplished in the generation
Judith Slaying Holofernes (Naples version) - 1612-1613
Judith Slaying Holofernes (Uffizi version) - 1620
The Birth of St. John The Baptist - 1635
Lot and His Daughters - 1640s
Scott Hunt (1958-) American (NY) Contemporary artist creating scenes in charcoal
Gilding the Lily - 2007
And Red All Over - 2007
Clarion Call - 2011
Nocturne - 2011
Jenny Holzer (1950-) American (OH) Conceptual Artist
Truisms - 1978-87
The Living Series (It's Scary When The Veins..) - 1981
Marquees - 1993
Marquees - 1993
Money Creates Taste - 2007
Money Creates Taste - 2006
Egon Schiele (1890-1918) Austrian, Protege of Klimt, Figurative Painter
Autumn Tree With Fuchsias - 1909
Self-Portrait With Arm Twisting Above Head - 1910
Self-Portrait - 1912
Female Model in Bright Red Jacket and Pants - 1914
Death and the Maiden - 1915-16
Evelyne Axell (1935-1977) Belgium, Pop Artist
Le mur du son - 1966
Licensed in both Ways - 1965
Ice Cream - 1964
Portrait Fragmente - 1965
Kehinde Wiley (1977-) American (L.A.) Modern remixes of Old Masters
"Napoleon I on his Imperial Throne" Ingres (1806) vs. "Ice" T - 2005
Triple Portrait of Charles I - 2007
Dogon Couple - 2008
Mary Little, Later Lady Carr - 2012