Many of the 21st century artists — such as iona rozeal brown, Trenton Doyle Hancock, and Robert Pruitt — mix national, international, historical, and pop - culture references with personal stylistic preferences to produce images that provoke more questions about identity than they answer. (vmfa.museum)
Tarek Atoui iona rozeal brown Gerard Byrne Elmgreen & Dragset Simon Fujiwara Ragnar Kjartansson Guy Maddin Liz Magic Laser Laurel Nakadate & James Franco Shirin Neshat Mika Rottenberg & Jon Kessler Frances Stark Ming Wong (performa-arts.org)
Cultural and regional representation has also been expanded, with the Museum actively acquiring works by artists of diverse backgrounds, including José Bedia, iona rozeal brown, Lalla Essaydi, Maria Elena González, Sangbin Im, Hayv Kahraman, Seydou Keïta, Mustafa Maluka, Mario Cravo Neto, Angel Otero, Alison Saar, and Yinka Shonibare, MBE. (ncartmuseum.org)