Modern Archives - Page 5 of 9

Doris Salcedo

Colombian sculptor and installation artist, born in Bogotá where she lives and works. Her art reflects the political climate of her country, which has been

Félix González-Torres

Félix González-Torres was a Cuban-born American visual artist. González-Torres’s openly gay sexual orientation is often seen as influential in his work

Gabriel Orozco

Mexican artist, born in Jalaga. His work combines elements of performance, sculpture, drawing, and installation, and is rooted in paradox, games play,

Ian Hamilton Finlay

Scottish artist and poet, born in Nassau, Bahamas, of Scottish parents. His father had gained and lost a fortune by smuggling. He studied briefly at Glasgow

Janine Antoni

American sculptor, born in the Bahamas. She has made sculpture out of food. Gnaw (1992, MoMA, New York) consists of three 600 pound cubes of lard

Juan Bustillos

Juan Bustillos is the country’s best contemporary sculptor for his seemingly endless collection of life-size sculpted animals made from timber

Alicia Penalba

Argentine sculptor and printmaker, born in Buenos Aires. She moved to Paris in 1948 and trained in the studio of Zadkine after destroying almost all her

Pedro Figari

Uruguayan painter, born and mainly active in Montevideo. He had a versatile and distinguished career as a lawyer, politician, writer, and editor (he founded

Oswaldo Guayasamín

Oswaldo Guayasamín was an Ecuadorian artist whose work is characterized by its Cubist-styled depictions of Latin American people. The artist focused

Lucio Fontana

Italian painter, sculptor, and ceramicist, born in Argentina, the son of an Italian sculptor, Luigi Fontana, and an Argentinian mother. In 1905 his family