unit 10 (global contemporary) identifiers

The Gates

New York City, US

Christo and Jeanne-Claude

1979-2005 CE

Mixed-media installations

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Washington, DC, US

Maya Lin

1982 CE

Granite

Horn Players

Jean-Michel Basquiat

1983 CE

Acrylic and oil paintstick on three canvas panels

Summer Trees

Song Su-nam

1983 CE

Ink on paper

Androgyne III

Magdalena Abakanowicz

1985 CE

Burlap, resin, wood, nails, and string

A Book from the Sky

Xu Bing

1987-1991 CE

Mixed-media installation

Pink Panther

Jeff Koons

1988 CE

Glazed porcelain

Untitled (#228), from the History Portraits series

Cindy Sherman

1990 CE

Photography

Dancing at the Louvre, from the series The French Collection, Part I; #1

Faith Ringgold

1991 CE

Acrylic on canvas, tie-dyed, pieced fabric border

Trade (Gifts for Trading Land with White People)

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

1992 CE

Oil and mixed media on canvas

Earth’s Creation

Emily Kame Kngwarreye

1994 CE

Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Rebellious Silence, from the Women of Allah series

Shirin Neshat (artist); photo by Cynthia Preston

1994 CE

Ink on photograph

En la Barberia no se Llora (No Crying Allowed in the Barbershop)

Pepon Osorio

1994 CE

Mixed-media installation

Pisupo Lua Afe (Corned Beef 2000)

Michel Tuffery

1994 CE

Mixed media

Electronic Superhighway

Nam June Paik

1995 CE

Mixed-media installation (49-channel closed-circuit video installation, neon, steel, and electronic components)

The Crossing

Bill Viola

1996 CE

Video/sound installation

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Spain

Frank Gehry (architect)

1997 CE

Titanium, glass, and limestone

Pure Land

Mariko Mori

1998 CE

Color photograph on glass

Lying with the Wolf

Kiki Smith

2001 CE

Ink and pencil on paper

Darkytown Rebellion

Kara Walker

2001 CE

Cut paper and projection on wall

The Swing (after Fragonard)

Yinka Shonibare

2001 CE

Mixed-media installation

Old Man’s Cloth

El Anatsui

2003 CE

Aluminum and copper wire

Stadia II

Julie Mehretu

2004 CE

Ink and acrylic on canvas

Preying Mantra

Wangechi Mutu

2006 CE

Mixed media on Mylar

Shibboleth

Doris Salcedo

2007-2008 CE

Installation

MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts

Rome, Italy

Zaha Hadid (architect)

2009 CE

Glass, steel, and cement

Kui Hua Zi (Sunflower Seeds)

Ai Weiwei

2010-2011 CE

Sculpted and painted porcelain