Shirin Neshat
Shirin Neshat is an Iranian-American visual artist and filmmaker whose photography and video work explore the tensions between tradition and modernity, gender and power within Islamic societies. Her landmark series Women of Allah (1993–97) featured stark black-and-white photographs of veiled women inscribed with Persian calligraphy, sparking international dialogue about identity and resistance. She received the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival for her film Women Without Men.
Retna
Retna (born Marquis Lewis) is an American street artist and muralist whose elaborately developed personal script—inspired by Egyptian hieroglyphics, Mayan glyphs, Arabic calligraphy, Hebrew, and Blackletter typography—creates visually stunning large-scale works that function simultaneously as image and encoded text. Based in Los Angeles, he came up through the city's graffiti writing culture and has since exhibited in major galleries and created murals for high-profile clients worldwide. His distinctive calligraphic style has made him one of the most recognizable visual voices in contemporary street art.
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Artists
- Andy Warhol
- Banksy
- Barbara Kruger
- Cy Twombly
- David Choe
- Diego Velázquez
- Donald Judd
- Edward Kienholz
- Egon Schiele
- Francis Bacon
- Frank Stella
- Gordon Parks
- Helen Frankenthaler
- Henry Taylor
- Jack Whitten
- Jackson Pollock
- James Turrell
- Jasper Johns
- Jean-Michel Basquiat
- Jenny Holzer
- Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida
- José Clemente Orozco
- JR
- Julian Schnabel
- Keith Haring
- Lucian Freud
- Marilyn Minter
- Maripol
- Rammellzee
- Retna
- Richard Diebenkorn
- Richard Serra
- Robert Motherwell
- Robert Rauschenberg
- Romare Bearden
- Shirin Neshat
- Swoon
- Tristan Eaton