100 Contemporary Artists A-Z

100 Contemporary Artists A-Z () is a two-volume edition contemporary art compendium. It is the 25th anniversary special edition and it features one hundred contemporary artists from TASCHEN's seminal Art Now! 4 and Art at the Turn of the Millennium series. The biographies are available in English, French and German. The compilation was edited by Hans Werner Holzwarth.

Contents The artists are covered in two volumes, forty-nine in 100 Contemporary Artists A-K and fifty-one in 100 Contemporary Artists L-Z. On the front cover of the first volume is a representation of Peter Doig's Figures in Red Boat (2005–07) and on the back cover Olafur Eliasson's The Weather Project (2003) is represented. The second volume’s front cover shows Wolfgang Tillmans' Freischwimmer 20 (2003) while the back cover highlights Kara Walker's For the Benefit of All the Races of Mankind (2002).

Reception A review by ABC News described 100 Contemporary Artists A-Z as "... a comprehensive study of contemporary art at the beginning of the 21st century. At 704 pages, it's nearly 12 pounds of art for your viewing pleasure".

The painter Chris Huen Sin Kan credits the book with inspiring him to pursue art.

Artists There are one hundred contemporary artists featured in 100 Contemporary Artists A-Z. In the first of the two-volume edition, 100 Contemporary Artists A-K there are forty-nine artists and fifty-one in the second volume, 100 Contemporary Artists L-Z. On the front cover of the first volume is a representation of Peter Doig's Figures in Red Boat (2005-07) and on the back cover Olafur Eliasson's The Weather Project (2003) is represented. The second volume features on the front cover Wolfgang Tillmans' Freischwimmer 20 (2003) while the back cover highlights Kara Walker's For the Benefit of All the Races of Mankind (2002). +VolumeNameBornDiedNationalityBest known for1Ai Weiwei1957ChineseSculpture2Albert Oehlen1954GermanPainting1André Butzer1973GermanPainting1Andreas Gursky1955GermanPhotography1Anish Kapoor1954BritishSculpture1BanksyAnonymousGraffiti1Barbara Kruger1945AmericanCollage2Beatriz Milhazes1960BrazilianPainting1Cai Guo-Qiang1957ChineseDrawing1Cecily Brown1969BritishPainting2Charles Ray1953AmericanSculpture2Chris Ofili1968BritishPainting2Christopher Wool1955AmericanPainting2Cindy Sherman1954AmericanPhotography1Cosima von Bonin1962GermanSculpture1Damien Hirst1965BritishConceptual art2Daniel Richter1962GermanPainting1Darren Almond1971BritishInstallation art1Doug Aitken1968AmericanPhotography1Douglas Gordon1966BritishVideo art2Elizabeth Peyton1965AmericanPainting1Ellen Gallagher1965AmericanPainting1Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset1961 1969Danish NorwegianSculpture2Ernesto Neto1964BrazilianInstallation art2Erwin Wurm1954AustrianSculpture1Félix González-Torres19571996AmericanInstallation art2Francesco Vezzoli1971ItalianFilm1Francis Alÿs1959BelgianPerformance art1Franz Ackermann1963GermanPainting2Franz West19472012AustrianSculpture2Gabriel Orozco1962MexicanSculpture1Gary Hume1962BritishPainting1George Condo1957AmericanPainting1Glenn Brown1966BritishPainting1Günther Förg19522013GermanPainting2Jason Rhoades19652006AmericanInstallation art1Jean-Michel Basquiat19601988AmericanPainting1Jeff Koons1955AmericanInstallation art2Jeff Wall1946CanadianPhotography1John Currin1962AmericanPainting2Jonathan Meese1970GermanPainting2Jorge Pardo1963Cuban-AmericanSculpture2Kara Walker1969African-AmericanPainting2Kehinde Wiley1977AmericanPainting1Keith Haring19581990AmericanGraffiti2Luc Tuymans1958BelgianPainter2Marepe1970BrazilianSculpture2Mariko Mori1967JapanesePhotography1Mark Grotjahn1968AmericanPainting1Marlene Dumas1953South AfricanPainting1Martin Kippenberger19531997GermanSculpture1Matthew Barney1967AmericanSculpture1Maurizio Cattelan1960ItalianSculpture2Mickalene Thomas1971AmericanPainting1Mike Kelley19542012AmericanSculpture1Mona Hatoum1952PalestinianInstallation art1Monica Bonvicini1965ItalianInstallation art1Nan Goldin1953AmericanPhotography1Nathalie Djurberg1978SwedishVideo art2Neo Rauch1960GermanPainting1Olafur Eliasson1967Icelandic-DanishSculpture2Paul McCarthy1945AmericanSculpture1Peter Doig1959ScottishPainting1Peter Fischli & David Weiss1952 19462012SwissSculpture2Philip Taaffe1955AmericanPainting2Piotr Uklanski1968Polish-AmericanInstallation art2Pipilotti Rist1962SwissVideo art2Rachel Whiteread1963BritishSculpture2Raqib Shaw1974IndianPainting2Raymond Pettibon1967AmericanDrawing2Rebecca Warren1965BritishSculpture2Richard Phillips1962AmericanPainting2Richard Prince1969AmericanPainting1Rineke Dijkstra1959DutchPhotography2Rirkrit Tiravanija1961ThaiInstallation art1Robert Gober1954AmericanSculptor2Rosemarie Trockel1952GermanCollage2Rudolf Stingel1956ItalianPainting2Santiago Sierra1966SpanishInstallation art2Sarah Lucas1962BritishPhotography2Sarah Morris1967AmericanPainting2Shirin Neshat1957IranianInstallation art1Subodh Gupta1964IndianSculpture2Takashi Murakami1962JapanesePainting1Terence Koh1977CanadianSculpture1Thomas Demand1964GermanSculpture1Thomas Hirschhorn1957SwissInstallation art2Thomas Struth1954GermanPhotography2Tim Noble & Sue Webster1966 1967BritishInstallation art2Tobias Rehberger1966GermanSculptor1Tom Friedman1965AmericanSculpture2Tony Oursler1957AmericanInstallation art1Tracey Emin1963BritishInstallation art1Urs Fischer1973SwissPhotography2Vera Lutter1960GermanPhotography1Walton Ford1960AmericanWatercolor painting2Wangechi Mutu1972KenyanCollage2Wolfgang Tillmans1968GermanPhotography2Won Ju Lim1968Korean-AmericanInstallation art2Yoshitomo Nara1959JapaneseSculpture

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