Mary Kelly was born in Iowa in 1941. She studied at the Pius 12th Institute, Florence, lectured at the American University Beirut, then studied at St Martins School of Art, London. Her film work was mostly collaborative: Nightcleaners (with Berwick Street Film Collective) and Women and Work (with Mar

Feminist, Feminist art in the 1970s, Figurative, In-your-face, Intense, Intimate, Political

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

Chila Kumari Burman was raised by East Indians who emigrated to the impoverished Bootle district of Liverpool in the '50s. She was taught early and young to look for identity between the cracks of culture. Burman uses memorabilia from her past -- shards of humor, pain, and the unexplained -- to

Bright, Collage, Feminist, In-your-face, Political art, Quirky