PIERRE & GILLES "AUTOPORTRAIT", 2005Pierre & Gilles (Pierre Commoy and Gilles Blanchard) began their creative collaboration in France during the late 1970s. Together they created a vivid fantasy world of their own, a fusion of painting and photography, pop culture and art history, kitsch and glamour. Subjects are costumed and situated in dreamlike mise en scnes. Pierre is responsible for the photographs and Gilles paints the image once printed to canvas. Together they create artwork

Wieland explored the role of women

This untitled work (aka 'Embrace') showcases Tod's delicate

while the techniques seem to range from gentle wash to more aggressive scratching into painted layers

sparking an institutional critique that has become a subtly recurring theme in her oeuvre

He has exhibited widely throughout the country including at the Art Gallery of Ontario

utilizing hard-edge shapes in bold colors to create geometric patterns

The nude male figure's lines are bold and stylized

Dutch Baroque

are constants in his oeuvre

He was not confined to one neighborhood or demographic

Weiner has been an institutional darling with major exhibitions at most of the world's top museums

and Trinidad