Velimir Khlebnikov pseudonym of Viktor Vladimirovich Khlebnikov, was a central part of the Russian Futurist movement, but his work and influence stretch far beyond it. Khlebnikov belonged to the most significant Russian Futurist group Hylaea (along with Vladimir Mayakovsky, Aleksei Kruchenykh, Dav

Absurd, Agitated, Futurism, Intense, Playful, Polychromatic, Whimsical

Born in Dilston, Northumberland, in 1963, is a British artist, who was one of the five members of the co-operative running the City Racing gallery in London (1988-98). Noble was featured as Skip Hunter alongside Ella Verparajugs (aka Georgina Starr) in the 2004 classic short film Heart to Heart. T

Absurd, Complex, Fantastic, Representational, Sardonic

Is the man in Fang Lijun's "Series II: No 2" (1992) screaming or yawning? Is this extreme anguish or utter boredom? And what is his relation to the group of almost identical men standing in the distance behind him? Is he just one guy in a crowd of undifferentiated guys, or is he asserting his individ

Absurd, Angry, Cartoonish, Cynical realism, Funny, Visceral

As a young man, Xu Bing developed an odd relationship to language. The son of a professor and a librarian, he spent his early years surrounded by books that he could not read. His school years coincided with the Cultural Revolution, when he and other children were sent off to camps to learn Mao's new

Absurd, Expatriate or third space artists, Subtle, Witty