Summaries text writing
The ARTIST ROOMS Research Partnership is leading on the writing of online summaries in support of the ARTIST ROOMS collection.
Each summary of around 600-700 words is a standard resource at Tate (and in different form, for NGS) and serves as a mini catalogue entry, describing works and exploring in detail their making, meaning and reception.
Louise Bourgeois
French-America artist Louise Bourgeois had a long and prolific career until her death in 2010.
Vija Celmins
American artist Vija Celmins makes paintings, drawings and prints.
Martin Creed
Martin Creed is known for his playful and witty work that utilises prosaic materials in a celebration of the everyday.
Jenny Holzer
The conceptual artist Jenny Holzer was born in Ohio in 1950 and studied in Chicago and New York where she now lives and works.
Anselm Kiefer
A key figure in European post-war culture, Anselm Kiefer’s art derives from his great awareness of history, theology, mythology, literature and philosophy.
Jannis Kounellis
Jannis Kounellis was born in Piraeus in Greece and has lived and worked in Rome since 1956.
Richard Long
Richard Long first came to prominence during the late 1960s.
Robert Mapplethorpe
American artist Robert Mapplethorpe pushed the boundaries of photography in both his subject choice and technique.
Mario Merz
A major figure in the Arte Povera movement, the Italian artist Mario Merz’s work combines a fascination with the material and metaphorical qualities of natural objects with ideas regarding infinity and repetition.
Bruce Nauman
Since the mid 1960s Bruce Nauman has been one of the most highly respected and influential figures in contemporary art.
Charles Ray
Charles Ray has worked with film, photography, sculpture and installations to explore the notion of representation and to conflate reality with the surreal.
Gerhard Richter
Gerhard Richter was born in Dresden, which after World War II became part of the German Democratic Republic.
Ed Ruscha
Ed Ruscha’s exploration of language and American West Coast culture centred on Hollywood has made him one of the pre-eminent artists of his generation.
August Sander
August Sander (1876-1964) was a German photographer known for his portraiture and documentary work.
Robert Therrien
Los Angeles-based artist Robert Therrien conjures up a world of the unexpected filled with images which are both familiar and strange.
Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol is one of the most influential American artists to emerge in the post-war period.
Francesca Woodman
American photographer Francesca Woodman has eighteen rare vintage black and white photographs in ARTIST ROOMS, from a collection once owned by the artist’s boyfriend.