The World · 14

United States

Landscape, abstraction, mass media, identity and social power chart an art history built through conflict, migration and continual self-invention.

01Andy WarholThe artist who saw that art had entered the age of pop culture.02Cindy ShermanIdentity as a role the camera can manufacture.03Edward HopperModern life is measured by distance between people.04Georgia O'KeeffeThe intimate becomes monumental.05Jackson PollockPainting becomes action.06Jean-Michel BasquiatThe street enters the canon.07Kara WalkerHistory's silhouettes have sharp edges.08Mark RothkoPainting becomes an experience.