Reply #42: Okay, here's what I'm liking lately. (dial-up warning)

[Heidi]

Of all the art produced since World War II, here's what I like right now (and it could change tomorrow). When I think about my taste in contemporary art, the common thread is that all of the artists whose work I admire really have a high level of technical expertise with their materials, but they also know how to use their materials as a means of expression. There are many, many contemporary artists whose work I love, but here are eight that come to mind.

Figurative


Gerhard Richter, especially his Ordinary Life series



Scott B. Goodwillie, who calls himself a Surrealist, but whose work is often characterized as Magical Realism



Chuck Close



Robert Crumb


Non-figurative


Leda and the Swan, 1962
Cy Twombly



Robert Rauschenberg



Marcia Meyers


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