Chris Burden's gallery-sized installation consists of 625 identical cardboard models that represent the entire United States submarine fleet dating from the late 1890s, when submarines entered the navy's arsenal, to the late 1980s.

Jess was one of the Beat Generation artists active in the 1950s who pulled directly from the rich storehouse of themes and imagery 

Jean Dubuffet was born in Le Havre, France in 1901. In 1918 Dubuffet attended Academie Julian for six months before he decided that he was not interested in learning art in an academic setting. It was not until the age of 41, after several abortive attempts, that Dubuffet, a wine merchant, finally decide to devote himself to painting.

Classical Sculpture simplifies the female nude into a harmonious ovoid shape.

 

Mark Rothko's vast fields of glowing color voice one of the great statements of 20th century abstract art.