hay there, i am doing a project on art and literature of the 80's. if any of you know any extreemly good artists or authers of the 80's please reply theis message.

I don't know about extremely good. But he is extremely 80s. Try Patrick Nagle. His prints were everywhere during the 80s. Including the cover of a Duran Duran album. (Rio)

I have a degree in art history.

Prominent 1980s artists, in no particular order:

Keith Haring
Jean-Michel Basquiat*
Kenny Scharf
Eric Fischl
Francesco Clemente
Jenny Holzer
Jeff Koons
Barbara Kruger
Robert Longo
the Guerrilla Girls (anonymous feminist art group)
Cindy Sherman
Julian Schnabel


(edit: others I forgot the first time round-)
Anselm Kiefer
Karen Finley
Judy Chicago
Jorg Immendorff
Gilbert and George
Christo and Jeanne-Claude (or simply "Christo", the environmental artists who "wrap" very big things)
David Salle

I may have forgotten some important ones, I'm a little fuzzy on stuff beyond the mid-20th century.

And NOW I see this is 11 days after the original request, but I didn't see it before jen bumped it.... and sponge never posted again so it looks I wrote this all out for nothing and am now talking to myself about a topic nobody cares about. (waves hello to self. How am I? I'm alright. And me? Yeah, I'm OK too I guess.)


* according to Pop-Up Video, that's Basquiat standing there as the DJ early in Blondie's "Rapture"!

Thank you very much, your replys were not to late, i am still working on my project. Your input is very helpful. When my paper if finished i will probobly post it here if you have any intrist.

Thank you,:vibrator: :smoky: :thumb:

Patrick Nagle
Keith Haring
Andy Warhol
Jean Basquiat

All get my votes for best artists of the 80's!! They had a fresh and innovative perspective!

Originally posted by jen*
I don't know about extremely good. But he is extremely 80s. Try Patrick Nagle. His prints were everywhere during the 80s. Including the cover of a Duran Duran album. (Rio)

I love his work. I was wanting to get some of his prints for my apartment.

Originally posted by thespongeoflove
Thank you very much, your replys were not to late, i am still working on my project. Your input is very helpful. When my paper if finished i will probobly post it here if you have any intrist.

Thank you,:vibrator: :smoky: :thumb:

Oh, well, that's good. I would like to see it when you're done, sure. Just to have a master list all in one place, I went back today and added some more to the end of my list there.