Contemporary art Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced since World War II. Contemporary_art
Joseph Beuys Joseph Beuys (; May 12, 1921, Krefeld – January 23, 1986, Düsseldorf) was a German performance artist, sculptor, installation artist, graphic artist, art theorist and pedagogue of art.His extensive work is grounded in concepts of humanism, social philosophy and anthroposophy; it culminates in his "extended definition of art" and the idea of social sculpture as a gesamtkunstwerk, for which he claimed a creative, participatory role in shaping society and politics. Joseph_Beuys
Eugene Onegin Eugene Onegin (Russian:BGN/PCGN:Yevgeniy Onegin) is a novel in verse written by Alexander Pushkin. It is a classic of Russian literature, and its eponymous protagonist served as the model for a number of Russian literary heroes. It was published in serial form between 1825 and 1832. The first complete edition was published in 1833, and the edition on which the current accepted version is based was published in 1837. Eugene_Onegin
Gillian Wearing Gillian Wearing (born 1963) is an English conceptual artist, one of the YBAs, and a winner of the Turner Prize. Gillian_Wearing
David Murray (jazz musician) David Murray (born February 19, 1955, Oakland, California, United States) is an American jazz musician. Murray plays mainly tenor saxophone and sometimes bass clarinet. He has recorded prolifically for many record labels since the mid-1970s. David_Murray_(jazz_musician)
Pierre Alechinsky Pierre Alechinsky (born October 19, 1927) is a Belgian artist. Lives and works in France from 1951 He was born in Brussels. In 1944 he attended the l'Ecole nationale supérieure d'Architecture et des Arts décoratifs de La Cambre, Brussels where he studied illustration techniques, printing and photography. Pierre_Alechinsky
Walker Art Center Walker Art Center is a contemporary art center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The Walker is considered one of the nation's "big five" museums for modern art along with the Museum of Modern Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum and the Hirshhorn. Walker_Art_Center
Eleanor Mondale Eleanor Jane Mondale (born January 19, 1960 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American radio personality television host, and actor. She is the only daughter of former Vice President Walter Mondale and Joan Mondale. She currently hosts for WCCO in Minneapolis. Eleanor_Mondale
Antoni Muntadas Antoni Muntadas (born in 1942 in Barcelona) is a multidisciplinary, media artist, sometimes also referred to as Antonio Muntadas or, simply, Muntadas. Since 1971, he lives and works in New York. Muntadas was a Research Fellow at the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at MIT,1977-1984, and is currently Visiting Professor with MIT Visual Arts Program. His work has been exhibited widely, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Venice Biennale, documenta 6 and documenta X. Antoni_Muntadas
Eduardo Kac Eduardo Kac is an American contemporary artist internationally recognized for his interactive net installations and his bio-art. Kac was born in 1962 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He lives and works in Chicago.In 1997 Kac was the first person to have a microchip implanted in his body. Eduardo_Kac
History of Minnesota history of the U.S. state of Minnesota is shaped by its original Native American residents, European exploration and settlement, and the emergence of industries made possible by the state's natural resources. Minnesota achieved prominence through fur trading, logging, and farming, and later through railroads, flour milling, and iron mining. While those industries remain important, the state's economy is now driven by banking, computers, and health care. History_of_Minnesota
Chuck Close Chuck Thomas Close (born July 5, 1940, Monroe, Washington) is an American painter and photographer who achieved fame as a photorealist, through his massive-scale portraits. Though a catastrophic spinal artery collapse in 1988 left him severely paralyzed, he has continued to paint and produce work which remains sought after by museums and collectors. Chuck_Close
The Hub (band) The Hub is an American "computer network music" ensemble consisting of John Bischoff, Tim Perkis, Chris Brown, Scot Gresham-Lancaster, Mark Trayle and Phil Stone.The Hub grew from the League of Automatic Music ComposersJohn Bischoff, Tim Perkis, Jim Horton, and Rich Gold. Perkis and Bischoff modified their equipment to allow more musicians and founded The Hub.They have collaborated with Rova Saxophone Quartet and Alvin Curran. They currently perform around the world after a hiatus. The_Hub_(band)
Telematics The term telematics (synonymous with telemetry) is used in a number of ways The integrated use of telecommunications and informatics, also known as ICT (Information and Communications Technology). More specifically it is the science of sending, receiving and storing information via telecommunication devices. Telematics
Jenny Holzer Jenny Holzer (born 1950 in Gallipolis, Ohio) is an American conceptual artist represented by Sprüth Magers Berlin London. She attended Ohio University (in Athens, Ohio), Rhode Island School of Design, and the Independent Study Program at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Holzer was originally an abstract artist, focusing on painting and printmaking; after moving to New York City in 1977, she began working with text as art. She was an active member of the artist's group Colab. Jenny_Holzer