This document provides a list of 100 artworks from various time periods and cultures, including:
- Miguel Angel Buonarroti's La creación de Adán from 1508-1512
- Alberto Giacometti's bronze sculpture Groupe de trois hommes from 1943-1949
- A Yoruba sculpture of the divine king and founder of the Yoruba dynasty Olokun from the 12th-15th century Nigeria
- William Kentridge's 2001 anamorphic drawing titled Untitled (Anamorphic Drawing) made with charcoal on paper and metal tube.
The works showcase a wide range of mediums, styles, cultures and eras, from
7. Ursula von Rydingsvard
"Czara z Babelkami"
2006
Cedar, 202 x 125 x 74
inches. Installation at
Madison Square Park,
New York.
8. Cabeza de Olokun
Bronce
Ife, Etnia Yoruba, Nigeria, ss. XII-XV
Cabeza llamada de Olokun, rey divino Oni
fundador de la dinastía Yoruba.
British Museum, Londres
Ethno 1939 AF 34.1
9. William Kentridge
Sin título (Anamorphic Drawing), 2001
Dibujo a carboncillo sobre papel, tubo de
metal
altura 92 cm, diámetro 106 cm
21. Ana Mendieta
Anima, Silueta de Cohetes (Firework Piece), Oaxaca,
México, 1976
Single channel video, transferred from 8mm color film
Dimensions of projection variable; 300 min. video: 3:00
min, color, silent Daros Latinamerica Collection, Zürich
33. Etnia Dyula de Costa de
Marfil, Máscara con
cuernos, principios del siglo
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34. Damien Hirst,Damien Hirst, La imposibilidad física de la muerte en la mente de alguien vivoLa imposibilidad física de la muerte en la mente de alguien vivo, 1991, 1991
40. Raquel Paiewonsky (b. Dominican
Republic 1969). Levitando: A un solo
pie (Levitating: On One Foot), 2003.
Panty hose, beeswax, cable, 118 1/8 x
118 1/8 x 157 1/2 in. (300 x 300 x 400
cm). Courtesy of the artist (Photo: Ruy
Dos Santos)
45. Richard Hamilton,
Just What Is It That
Makes Today’s
Homes So Different,
So Appealing?, 1956.
Collage, 10 1/4” x 9
3/4”. Kunsthalle
Tübingen, Tübingen,
Germany.
48. Glenda León (b. Cuba1976; works in Cuba and Germany). Prolongación del deseo
(Extension of Desire), 2005. Lambda print, 2 3/8 x 128 in. (5.8 x 325 cm). Courtesy of the
artist
49. Frida Kahlo, The Two
Fridas
1939
Oil on canvas
68 x 68 in. (173 x 173
cm)
Museo de Arte
Moderno, Mexico City
56. Jeff Koons, Inflatable Flower and
Bunny (Tall White, Pink Bunny)
vinyl, mirrors
32 x 25 x 18 inches
81.3 x 63.5 x 45.7 cm
1979
57. Maya Lin
"Rock Field"
1997
46 glass components, dimensions variable
Installation at the South Eastern Center for
Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North
Carlina
60. Marcel Pinas (b. Suriname 1971).
Kuku (Kitchen), 2005. Plastic
plates, aluminum spoons, cups,
wood shelves; 59 x 59 x 8 5/8 in.
(150 x 150 x 22 cm). Courtesy of
the artist
68. Jean-Ulrick Désert (b. Haiti; works in Germany and United States). The Burqa Project: On the
Borders of My Dreams I Encountered My Double's Ghost, 2002. Mannequins and textiles, 63 x
118 in. (160 x 300 cm). Courtesy of the artist
69. John Currin 'The Go-See', 1999 oil
on canvas 111 x 86cm Andrea
Rosen Gallery, New York
77. Arthur Simms (b. Jamaica
1961; works in United States),
and Peter Orner (b. United
States 1968). Globe: The Veld,
2004. Mixed media, 17 x 14 x
14 in. (43.2 x 35.6 x 35.6 cm).
Courtesy of the artist
80. Nicole Awai, Base and Shadow:
Orange Joy Kitty in Cellophane
2006; Mixed media-graphite,
acrylic and glitter on paper; 26"
x 38"
81. Kurt Schwitters
Konstruktion fur edle
Frauen (Construction
for Noble Ladies)
1919
Assemblage
40 1/2 x 33 in. (103 x
83.3 cm)
Los Angeles County
Museum of Art
84. Balthus, Nude Before
a Mirror, 1955
Balthus (Balthasar
Klossowski) (Paris
1908 - Rossiniere,
Switzerland 2001)
French
Oil on canvas; 75 x
64.5 in. (190.5 x
163.8 cm)
Robert Lehman
Collection, 1975
(1975.1.155)
85. Miguel Luciano (b. Puerto
Rico1972; works in United
States). Platano Pride, 2006.
Chromogenic print, 40 x 30 in.
(101.6 x 76.2 cm).
88. Frida Kahlo, The Little Deer
1946
Oil on Masonite
8 7/8 x 11 7/8 in
Collection of Mrs. Carolyn Farb, Houston
89. Alexandre Arrechea (b.
Cuba1970). Elementos
arquitectónicos I (Architectural
Elements I), 2004. Chromogenic
print, 43 1/4 x 31 1/2 in. (110 x 80
cm). Courtesy of the artist and
Magnan Projects, New York
91. Satch Hoyt (b. United Kingdom 1957;
works in United States). Say It Loud!,
2004. Five hundred books, white metal
staircase, and microphone with four
speakers, wall text; dimensions variable.
Courtesy of the artist
92. Maurizio Cattelan
Frank and Jamie, 2002
Wax and clothes, life size
figure
Jamie: 71 3/4 x 24 3/4 x 18
in. ( 182.2 x 62.9 x 45.7 cm )
Frank: 75 1/2 x 25 x 20 3/4
in. ( 191.8 x 63.5 x 52.7 cm)
101. Jorge Pineda (b.
Dominican Republic
1961). Mambrú, 2006.
Nine figures; cedar wood,
lead, fabric; each 60 x 4 x
8 in. (152.4 x 10.2 x 20.3
cm). Courtesy of the artist
102. Cai Guo-Qiang
"Borrowing Your Enemy’s Arrows"
1998
Wooden boat, 3000 arrows, electric fan,
Chinese flag; boat: approximately 60 x
283 x 90 inches; arrows: 24 inches, each
Collection Museum of Modern Art, New
York
103. Cai Guo-Qiang
"Inopportune: Stage Two",
detail
2004
Tigers: paper mache, plaster,
fiberglass, resin, painted
hide; arrows: brass, bamboo,
feathers; stage prop:
styrofoam, wood, canvas,
acrylic paint; dmensions
variable
Installation view: MASS
MoCA, North Adams, MA
Julie Mehretu Stadia II, 2004 ink and acrylic on canvas Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; Gift of Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn and Nicholas Rohatyn and A.W. Mellon Acquisition Endowment Fund Photo credit: Richard Stoner Copyright 2007 Julie Mehretu