9 articles tagged with "American art"
David Salle layered incompatible images on the same canvas and called it painting. Discover how the American Neo-Expressionist became the defining figure of postmodern figurative art.
Kara Walker uses the gentlest Victorian art form to depict slavery's most brutal truths. Discover how her cut-paper silhouettes became one of contemporary art's most essential bodies of work.
Kehinde Wiley puts Black subjects into the poses and settings of Old Master portraits. Learn how the American painter transformed official portraiture and why the Obama portrait changed everything.
Edward Hopper's Nighthawks is one of the most iconic American paintings. Discover when and why it was painted, why there is no door, who the four figures are, and why a painting of a 1940s diner became the definitive image of modern urban loneliness.
Grant Wood's American Gothic is one of the most parodied paintings ever made. But what did Wood actually intend? Who are the two figures, why did the woman pose separately from the man, and why did Iowa locals hate the painting when it was first shown?
Explore the life, art, and radical ideas of Andy Warhol. From Campbell's Soup Cans to The Factory and his celebrity portraits, discover how he questioned what art is and permanently changed how we think about consumer culture.
Explore the life and art of Edward Hopper. From Nighthawks to his sunlit interiors, discover how he captured the isolation of modern American life with a precision and emotional power that feels as relevant today as ever.
Explore the explosive career of Jean-Michel Basquiat, from street graffiti to gallery stardom. Learn how he combined text, imagery, and raw energy to challenge race, class, and art world conventions.
Discover how Abstract Expressionism revolutionized art in postwar America. Learn about Pollock's drip paintings, Rothko's color fields, and de Kooning's gestural energy.