Important Dates
1939-1945 World War II
1950-1953 Korean War
1964-1968 Vietnam Conflict
1970’s Personal computer revolution begins
1985 Based on previous systems, an international computer network (internet) is open and available to commercial interests
1991 The Persian Gulf War
Tradition Fails
New Paths
The Idea is the Thing
Post Modernism
Woman 1, Willem De Kooning
USA, 1952 o/c 6’x5’
Abstract Expressionism, Action Painting
The Bay, Helen Frankenthaler
USA 1963 Acrylic on canvas 7’ x 7’
Seagram Building, Ludwig Lies Van Der Rohe and Philip Johnson
USA, 1958
Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Homes So Different, So Appealing? Richard Hamilton
England, 1956 collage 10”x9”
Pop Art
Marilyn Diptych, Andy Warhol
USA, 1962 oil, acrylic, and silk-screen enamel on canvas
Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks, Claes Oldenburg
USA, 1974 Cor-Ten steel, aluminum, and cast resin
Narcissus Garden, Yayoi Kusama
Original performance and installation 1966 CE for Venice, Italy, mirror balls
Spiral Jetty, Robert Smithson
Great Salt Lake, Utah
USA, 1970 black rock, salt crystals, earth, red water (algae) 1500’x4’
Site-specific, earth art, environmental art
House in New Castle County (exterior and interior), Robert Venturi
USA 1983 CE wood frame and stucco
Global Contemporary
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Maya Ying Lin
USA, 1983 black granite each wing is 246’ long
Horn Players, Jean-Michel Basquiat
1983 CE, Acrylic and oil paintstick on three canvas panels
Summer Trees, Song Su-nam
1983 CE ink on paper
Androgyne III, Magdalena Abakanowicz
1985 CE burlap, resin, wood, nails, and string
A Book from the Sky, Xu Bing
1987-1991 CE mixed-media installation
Pink Panther, Jeff Koons
1988 CE glazed porcelain
Untitled #228, Cindy Sherman
USA 1990 CE photograph
Dancing at the Louvre, Faith Ringgold
From the series The French Collection, Part I; #1
1991 CE acrylic on canvas, tie-dyed, pieced fabric border
Trade (Gifts for Trading Land with White People), Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
1992 CE oil and mixed media on canvas
Earth’s Creation, Emily Kame Kngwarreye
1994 CE synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Rebellious Silence, Shirin Neshat (photo by Cynthia Preston)
From the Women of Allah series
1994 Ce ink on photograph
No Crying Allowed in the Barbershop, Pepon Osorio
1994 CE mixed-media installation
Pisupo Lua Afe (Corned Beef 2000), Michel Tuffery
1994 CE mixed-media
Electronic Superhighway, Nam June Paik
1995 CE mixed-media installation
The Crossing, Bill Viola
USA, 1996 video/sound installation
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Frank Gehry
Spain, 1997 CE titanium, glass, and limestone
Pure Land, Mariko Mori
1998 CE color photograph on glass
Lying with the Wolf, Kiki Smith
2001 CE ink and pencil on paper
Darkytown Rebellion, Kara Walker
2001 CE cut paper and projection on wall
The Swing (after Fragonard), Yinka Shonibare
2001 CE mixed-media installation
Old Man’s Cloth, El Anatsui
2003 CE aluminum and copper wire
Stadia II, Julie Mehretu
2004 CE ink and acrylic on canvas
The Gates, Christo and Jeanne-Claude
USA, 2005 white nylon fabric and steel cables 18’ tall by 24.5 miles wide
Preying Mantra, Wangechi Mutu
2006 CE mixed-media on mylar
Shiboleth, Doris Salcedo
2008 CE installation
MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts (interior and exterior), Zaha Hadid
2009 CE glass, steel, and cement
Kui Hua Zi (Sunflower Seeds), Ai Weiwei
2011 CE sculpted and painted porcelain
- Woman I
- The Bay
- Seagram Building
- Just What is It…
- Marilyn Diptych
- Lipstick on Caterpillar Tracks
- Narcissus Garden
- Spiral Jetty
- House in New Castle County
- House in New Castle County, interior
- Vietnam War Memorial
- Horn Players
- Summer Trees
- Androgyne III
- A Book from the Sky
- Pink Panther
- Untitled #228
- Dancing at the Louvre
- Trade
- Earth’s Creation
- Rebellious Silence
- No crying Allowed…
- Pisupo Lua Afe
- Electronic Superhighway
- The Crossing (water)
- The Crossing (fire)
- Guggeneheim Museum, Bilbao
- Lying with the Wolf
- Darkytown Rebellion
- The Swing (after Fragonard)
- Old Man’s Cloth
- Stadia II
- The Gates
- Preying Mantra
- Shiboleth
- MAXXI National Museum
- Sunflower Seeds
- Pure Land