Ellsworth Kelly's monochrome canvases redefine the beauty and drama of the single-color process. Color is the actor on this stage, the figure that transfixes the audience's gaze. These colors and shapes become part of the subconscious of the viewer, who feels the reds, blues, and yellows as emotions.

Color field, Cool, Empty, Enigmatic, Minimal, Modern sculpture, Pop, Surface

As an artist, a gay man, an AIDS victim, and a Cuban American, Felix Gonzalez-Torres roamed the periphery of our culture. But who put him there? Whose agenda draws the lines between marginal and mainstream? And once those lines are drawn, how does one lodge protest? In his poignant, political Install

Enigmatic, Flux, Minimal, Sardonic, Spectral

Few artists' careers are as unspectacular and yet as enduringly respected as Richard Diebenkorn's. This is not a disparagement. Straddling the influences of Modernism and Abstract Expressionism, Diebenkorn took off on a steady trajectory of hard work and progress, one unmarked by dramatic incident or

Anal, Bay area figurative, Enigmatic, Pristine

The New York-based Guerrilla Girls (self-styled "conscience of the art world") use humor, renegade tactics, and the element of surprise to spread their indictment of sexism and racism in both the art world and the culture at large. Oh yes, and they wear scary gorilla masks. Founded in 1985, they have

Angry, Bad girl art, Enigmatic, Feminist, In-your-face, Media art, Political, Rebel, Women's literature