Kurt Schwitters

The next Artist You Need To Know is Kurt Schwitters (1887 – 1948). Kurt Hermann Eduard Karl Julius Schwitters was a German artist but he spent the latter part of his life in exile from his country due to the rise of fascism in Germany. The latter labelled him as a...

Jeannie Thib

The next Artist You Need To Know is Jeannie Thib (1955 – 2013). Thib was a Canadian artist who worked primarily in the area of sculpture (with immediately recognizable works that were highly ornamental) and printmaking but also produced installations and public...

Lorna Simpson

The next Artist You Need To Know is Lorna Simpson. Simpson (born 1960) is an American artist who works in a variety of media, but with a focus on photography as her primary studio. She’s exhibited around the United States as well as internationally and became...

Jean Tinguely

The next Artist You Need To Know is Jean Tinguely (1925 – 1991). Tinguely was a Swiss sculptor : his kinetic sculptural machines – which he called Métamatics – are his most renowned works and are seen as a continuation of the Dada aesthetic (‘I am an...

Lee Bontecou

The next Artist You Need To Know is Lee Bontecou (1931 – 2022). Bontecou was a groundbreaking American artist primarily situated in the art community of New York City. Her works are immediately recognizable : her abstract sculptures (her most prolific period was in...