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Myra Greene
New York, United States
Myra Greene is an American artist known for her photographic works that explore themes of race, identity, and the materiality of the photographic image. Her practice often involves experimental processes and abstract forms, challenging conventional portraiture and the historical representation of Black bodies.
Juergen Teller
Erlangen, Germany
Juergen Teller is a German photographer renowned for his raw, unvarnished style in fashion, portraiture, and commercial photography. His distinctive aesthetic often features natural light, direct gazes, and a candid approach, blurring the lines between art and commercial work while capturing an authentic intimacy.
Sarah Lucas
London, United Kingdom
Sarah Lucas is a British artist, a pivotal YBA figure, known for her provocative sculptures and installations. Her work boldly confronts gender, sexuality, and the human body using everyday objects and raw materials, often with dark humor and an unflinching, visceral directness.
Gauri Gill
Chandigarh, India
Gauri Gill (b. 1970) is a seminal Indian contemporary photographer. Her practice is distinguished by long-term, collaborative engagements with marginalized communities across rural India, producing empathetic and profound visual narratives that explore themes of resilience, identity, and the human condition.
Lisa Dalfino and Sacha Kanah
Milan, Italy
Lisa Dalfino and Sacha Kanah are a collaborative duo whose practice explores the intersection of performance, photography, and conceptual art. Their work challenges conventional representations, often employing staged scenarios to investigate societal norms and mediated realities.
Annette Frick
Bonn, Germany
Annette Frick, a German photographer, is renowned for her intimate and unflinching portraits and documentary series. Her work captures subcultures, marginalized communities, and personal narratives with profound empathy and raw authenticity. Frick's black-and-white photography often possesses a timeless quality, offering candid glimpses into the lives of her subjects and challenging societal stereotypes.
Zeinab Saleh
London, UK
British-Egyptian visual artist creating intimate conceptual noirs in film, video, installation, and photography that meditate on memory, sound, and female experience.
Macaparana
São Paulo, Brazil
Self-taught Brazilian painter, draftsman, and sculptor known for figurative, primitivist-inspired works. Born in Pernambuco, lives in São Paulo.
Juan Carlos Alom
Havana, Cuba
Alom's photography captures the essence of Cuban life, exploring themes of identity and social dynamics.
Sonia Boyce
London, United Kingdom
Boyce's multimedia practice, including drawing and photography, explores race, gender, and identity in British society.