In 1999, Ryan McGinley, then a graphic design major at Parsons School of Visual Arts in New York, sent his 50-page home-cooked book of urban idyllic photographs The Kids Are Alright, which he had produced on his desktop computer, to 100 magazine editors and artists he admired. At the time, fashion ph

Figurative, Hallucinatory, In-your-face, Profane, Psychedelic

Perhaps the best way to introduce Murakami's work is through DOB, the character at the center of most everything the artist has done during his seven-year ascent to art stardom. The artist's little leitmotif, DOB is a Mickey Mouse-like, cartoonish and clueless creation whose name derives from the sla

Anime & manga, Cartoonish, Fantastic, Graffitists and cartoonists, In-your-face, Kinetic, Superflat

Dash Snow is best known for his sculptural installations, collages, and photographs. Snow has exhibited in galleries and museums such as The Royal Academy in London, the Whitney Museum of American Art's 2006 Biennial "Day For Night", Deitch Projects, Saatchi Gallery and Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery i

Absurd, Agitated, Angry, Body art, Cartoonish, Documentary photography, Figurative, Graffitists and cartoonists, Grand, Hallucinatory, In-your-face, Political, Social revolution, Trippy, Violent

Dieter Appelt Dieter Appelt has been a Professor of Photography, Film and Video at the Hochschule der Kunst in Berlin since 1982. He studied photography at the Academy of Fine Art in Berlin as well as music at Leipzig and Berlin Music Academies. Appelt's work of the late 70's & 80's was typically

Avant-garde film, In-your-face, Intense, Intimate, Organic, Political, Portrait, Self-reflection