THOMAS RUFF "CONSTELLATION" 1990Thomas Ruff (b. 1958) is a contemporary German photographer and one of the most prominent members of the Dsseldorf School. While Ruff is not considered an appropriation artist, his practice often includes adopting and manipulating a wide variety of existing photographic images to critique their creation, function and their role in visual culture society. In his "Sterne" (Stars) series begun at the end of the 1980's Ruff's childhood interests and

unmodulated background

and viewer

Oldenburg debuted his revolutionary soft sculptures at the Green Gallery in New York

After graduation

Krasner created only a handful of prints during her lifetime

this piece exemplifies Albers' investigation into geometric relationships and dimensional perception

"Reflections III"

most recently in 2015 at a Sotheby's auction commanding $44

and Cor-ten

Iskowitz was measured in his process so that each chromatic patch came across clearly

at the beginning of the artist’s career

Bravo draws the viewer into a mysterious dreamscape that feels equally familiar and bizarre