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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe 100 Most Iconic Artworks of the Last 5 Years
Slideshow of the Top 25: http://artinfo.com/photo-galleries/slideshow-the-25-most-iconic-artworks-of-the-last-5-years
What are the most resonant works of art from the recent past? From among the thousands of individual works that pass through galleries and museums, which have affected the conversation in some significant way? Amid all of contemporary art's chaotic installations and ephemeral gestures, which images have some staying power? These are the questions that ARTINFO set out to answer with its list of "100 Most Iconic Artworks From the Last 5 Years."
How did we put together our ranking? First, we asked a broad group of colleages to submit their nominations for artworks, from 2007 or later, that they considered to be in some way "iconic." Then we asked members of our staff and a few distinguished outsiders to give the works on the resulting list a score of 1 to 10. Adding our scores together, we came up with a ranked list of 100 artworks from the last half-decade.
Finally, more than one "iconic" artwork on our list has become resonant in its failure as much as its success, from Christoph Büchel's "Training Ground for Democracy," whose vast ambition famously resulted in it never being completed, to Richard Prince's "Canal Zone," which has become a symbol, in a way, of the battles over the use of appropriated imagery hardly its intended effect. At any rate, it seems clear that "iconic" doesn't necessarily mean "successful," though it does mean that the work in question throws off some kind of charge that is bound to have larger effects.
Here it is then, ARTINFO's "100 Most Iconic Artworks of the Last 5 Years" (to see our illustrated commentary on the Top 25 Most Iconic Artworks, click on the slide show):
1) Christian Marclay, "The Clock," 2010
2) Marina Abramovic, "The Artist Is Present," 2010
3) Tino Sehgal, "This Progress," 2010
4) Ai Weiwei, "Sunflower Seeds," 2010
5) Damien Hirst, "For the Love of God," 2007
6) Mark Wallinger, "State Britain," 2007
7) Voina, "A Dick Captured by the FSB," 2010
8) Shepard Fairey, "HOPE," 2008
9) Pussy Riot, Christ the Savior Cathedral performance, 2012
10) Allora & Calzadilla, "Track and Field," 2011
11) Jayson Musson, "Art Thoughtz," 2010-present
12) Antony Gormley, "One and Other," 2009
13) Jon Rafman, "9 Eyes of Google Street View," 2009
14) Michael Heizer, "Levitated Mass," 2012
15) Paul Chan, "Waiting for Godot in New Orleans," 2007
16) Superflex, "Flooded McDonald's," 2009
17) Maurizio Cattelan, "L.O.V.E.," 2010
18) Anish Kapoor, "ArcelorMittal Orbit," 2012
19) Olafur Eliasson, "The New York City Waterfalls," 2008
20) Teresa Margolles, "¿De qué otra cosa podríamos hablar?," 2009
21) Urs Fischer, "You," 2007
22) Ai Weiwei, "Remembering," 2009
23) Bruce High Quality Foundation, "Bruce High Quality Foundation University," 2009-present
24) Ryan Trecartin, "I-Be Area," 2007
25) Dash Snow & Dan Colen, "Nest," 2007
Full list of 100: http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/826311/the-100-most-iconic-artworks-of-the-last-5-years
Slideshow of Top 25: http://artinfo.com/photo-galleries/slideshow-the-25-most-iconic-artworks-of-the-last-5-years?image=0
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The 100 Most Iconic Artworks of the Last 5 Years (Original Post)
morningfog
Sep 2012
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Bennyboy
(10,440 posts)1. No Banksy?
Interesting. The guy that set the art world on it's ear over the past five years and is the most highly sought after artist since Dali or Picasso?? Hmm. Seems they could have put at least one of his pieces in that list I think. Of course it is tough to inflate the value of the art if it is on a public building.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)3. Agreed.
patrice
(47,992 posts)2. k, well, with a few exceptions most of that was pretty under-whelming nt
reformist2
(9,841 posts)4. Umm, why is THIS not in the Top 10?
Speck Tater
(10,618 posts)5. Flooded McDonald's looks interesting.
I wonder when they will release it on dvd.