England. Born 1965
Abstract, figurative painting, cross cultural, history themes
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Born 1977. Known for: Painting.
Stripped of any specific context, time or place, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's paintings unfold open-ended narratives, providing a fertile terrain for the viewer's own projected interpretation and... Read full biography
Stripped of any specific context, time or place, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's paintings unfold open-ended narratives, providing a fertile terrain for the viewer's own projected interpretation and imagination. A writer and poet as well as a visual artist, for Boakye painting is a vocabulary that words... Read full biography
Stripped of any specific context, time or place, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's paintings unfold open-ended narratives, providing a fertile terrain for the viewer's own projected interpretation and imagination. A writer and poet as well as a visual artist, for Boakye painting is a vocabulary that words can't speak: "When I write it's normally something that I can't paint, and I paint what I can't write, so in most of the paintings the narrative isn't that clear […] I think it's important to let things... Read full biography
Stripped of any specific context, time or place, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's paintings unfold open-ended narratives, providing a fertile terrain for the viewer's own projected interpretation and imagination. A writer and poet as well as a visual artist, for Boakye painting is a vocabulary that words can't speak: "When I write it's normally something that I can't paint, and I paint what I can't write, so in most of the paintings the narrative isn't that clear […] I think it's important to let things be self-explanatory. I think it's important that it's a sensual experience" (Lynette Yiadom-Boakye quoted in "In the studio with Turner Prize 2013 nominee Lynette Yiadom-Boakye",www.tate.org.uk, online resource).... Read full biography
Stripped of any specific context, time or place, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's paintings unfold open-ended narratives, providing a fertile terrain for the viewer's own projected interpretation and imagination. A writer and poet as well as a visual artist, for Boakye painting is a vocabulary that words can't speak: "When I write it's normally something that I can't paint, and I paint what I can't write, so in most of the paintings the narrative isn't that clear […] I think it's important to let things be self-explanatory. I think it's important that it's a sensual experience" (Lynette Yiadom-Boakye quoted in "In the studio with Turner Prize 2013 nominee Lynette Yiadom-Boakye",www.tate.org.uk, online resource).
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New York, Illinois. Born 1977
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England, Nigeria. Born 1962
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United Kingdom, Germany. Born 1982
Painting, sculpture, photography
United Kingdom, England, Scotland. Born 1969
Distorted figurative and portrait painting
England. Born 1981
Painting
California / England. Born 1972
Fragmented mixed-media figurative sculpture
New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts. Born 1961
Abstract painting on wood panels, art education, writing
New York / England, Colombia. Born 1986
Large scale non objective mixed media, performance art
California. Born 1986
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New York, California / England. Born 1965
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Romania, Germany. Born 1977
Abstract portrait and figural painting
California, New York. Born 1985
Painting
England. Born 1959
Sex-abuse themed painting, photography, filmmaking, punk-rock musician, art teaching
United Kingdom. Born 1966
Painting
New York / Kenya. Born 1972
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New York, Michigan. Born 1976
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England, Scotland. Born 1968
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California, New York. Born 1977
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New York. Born 1967
Large scale ceramic female busts with rosette heads
New York. Born 1981
Illusionary landscape paintings, semi-abstract forms, every day objects, interiors, garden scenes
Germany, England. Born 1979
Abstract painting
England. Born 1965
Grotesque clay figures
Belgium, France. Born 1978
Non-objective painting, light design collaborative art
Illinois / South Africa. Born 1973
Urban planning themes, installations, performance art, sculpture
California / Germany. Born 1972
Geometric block sculpture, collage, abstraction, video installation, painting
New York. Born 1974
Sculpture, installation-human existence themes
New York / Spain, Mexico. Born 1970
High color non-objective painting, social commentary installation
New York. Born 1980
Exploration of space and color, installations, painting, photographs, drawings, sculptures
New York, Maine. Born 1975
Human figure, minimalist, color field painting
England. Born 1969
Painting, drawing, installation art