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' In 2017, we talk a lot about virtual and augmented reality. //exdays*24*60*60 Image courtesy of the artist and Lehmann Maupin Gallery. } The young German artist achieves with Faust a provocative piece of challenging beauty. + '<\/div>' function initNewsletterSignup() { My fellow art-world dwellers, I’ve compiled for you a list of notable paintings produced since the beginning of the 21st century. Cleveland-born contemporary artist Daniel Arsham creates installations that blur the line between art, architecture, and performance art. By // Add animation css callback: function() { + '
' }, This process is repeated until the piece is complete and the vessel appears to be full of swimming, swirling goldfish. The most iconic work from 2001–2017? Naeem Mohaiemen’s Rankin Street (1953); 6. return c.substring(name.length,c.length); // ------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the exclusive rewards, here. Pablo Helguera’s The School of Panamerican Unrest (2005). } break; loadFontAwesome: false Nilima Sheikh’s Each Night Put Kashmir in your Dreams (2003–2014); 8. w = pagetype + 20 * Math.round(w / 20), h = pagetype + 20 * Math.round(h / 20), googletag.cmd.push(function() { $modal.find('.newsletter-signup-thank-you').fadeIn('fast'); Solid objects like carved wood creations or aluminum numbers are illuminated by a single light source to reveal figures patiently waiting to materialize on the other side. } } Please try again later.' Swiss artist Felice Varini cleverly and creatively disrupts environments with his anamorphic art. contentType: 'application/json; charset=UTF-8', Serge Brignoni. Over the past decade, art has taken an incredible variety of forms. } ); Janet Cardiff’s work, in which 40 loudspeakers replay a multi-channel recording of a choir, one voice per speaker, performing an 11-minute work by the 16th-century English composer Thomas Tallis, is deceptively simple. setNewsletterCookie('recentlyShown', 1); Anne Imhof’s Faust installation from the German Pavilion was awarded the Golden Lion for Best National Participation at the Venice Biennale. Read more: More Non-Photoshopped Anamorphic Illusions by Felice Varini. If you are anything like me, even though I wrote the piece, you may be a little bothered by the title of this article. }; // dataType: 'json', This strategic placement enables each work of art to interact with its surroundings in new and experimental ways. Read more: Stunning New Paper Quilled Portraits Blur the Line Between Painting and Sculpture. // ------------------------------------------------------------------- '