TOP 16 AMERICAN PAINTERS LIVING TODAY

[@studio107bgallery4]

Strange Choices…..

[@wolfgangk1]

You didn't mention that the white artists are white.

[@readthetype]

At this point, there’s only 2 groups of people in the entire universe: “Not-White,” and “Not Not-White.” Contrary to popular belief, for those in the “Not-White” category, their own identity is actually irrelevant. What *IS* of critical importance, however, is that you know they’re “Not-White.” As in _“I’m anything but White. Please God, please don’t make me be White…” (akin to Canadians defining themselves as “not American”). So there’s the “Not White” group, and everyone else. Forever condemned to live out the rest of their miserable, bigoted lives with all the other “Not Not-Whites.”

[@ankhpom9296]

Why is that necessary?

[@wolfgangk1]

@@ankhpom9296 Why was it necessary to mention that the Black artists were black. (that's different)

[@nelsonx5326]

Nobody painting realistic anymore? No Degas out there, Homer, Rembrandt, Wyeth?

[@pr1me840]

Many paint like that; it's not contemporary.

[@scottgrant8783]

Look up photo realism artist like Richard Estes chuck close, Janet fish... Etc 1...2...the mind BLOWN 🤯

[@ardstrum]

There are plenty of realistic contemporary painters who are both extraordinary artists and financially successful, but realism has not been at the epicenter of the art market for several decades. Styles, preferences and artistic mandates have always been dynamic. There's no disrespect for realism, rather a desire to search and create other tangents of visual art.

[@kendram1893]

Few people who create what is considered art are able and skilled enough to draw and paint realistically anymore so it’s called “traditional “ and dismissed as passé, which is ridiculous

[@DrewpyPlats]

Kehinde Wiley is on here.

[@sergeiyatsenko]

Who calls this art? GOD FORGIVE US!

[@FrancoisMouton-iu7jt]

God! What boring imagery that passes for art.

[@nickrodis6862]

Salamat po

[@Quahogger]

ONE WOMEN??? How about Kara Walker, Mikalene Thomas, Vija Celmins, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Sarah Sze, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, etc etc etc. There are numerous accomplished significant arts that happen to be female. Why are they ignored?

[@zerojee1]

Shut the hell up. It's one opinion....go make your own video.

[@ginniehebert7098]

My reaction as well!

[@sweetpea-yj5qy]

Same.

[@mariam2964]

I knew there was going to be next to no women. Giving this video a pass

[@jerryrdz716]

NAH I’m not even gonna finish watching this video

[@bodawei425]

Art is subjective and one can like or dislike. My take on these famous artists is that none of their artwork - at least the ones shown in this video - convey an emotion or beauty. It's all about repetition of a message or of the same patterns. No emotions, nada, flat. However, if' you've been friend with Basquiat, you score many points!

[@YTparadise]

Art should be beautiful, original and surprising. Not this garbage.

[@thomcarr7021]

People with deep pockets don't agree with you.

[@DrewpyPlats]

Kehinde Wiley's work is on here and it is beautiful...

[@ankhpom9296]

Some people with deep pockets have NO TASTE.

[@euanuglowisdead]

the photo at 24:32 is not of a young Jasper Johns, but of a young Richard Diebenkorn

[@mccarthyjdavid]

You showed a picture of Jasper Johns which was actually Richard Diebenkorn!

[@zhanatbaidaralin4960]

Hate it. Boring. Making people fool. They're destroyingthe the arts of the painting , but some people who destroyed the art of painting for making huge money promoting the terrible false values . Unfortunately they kept the market, and no one can turn back this tragic process. You can see how people ignore it because it I'd falce, and miserable. I know that I can't change it, but I say what is in my mind.

[@ardstrum]

The Alex Katz portrait of a lady in the rain with an umbrella shown briefly at the 17:13 mark was displayed in a hallway by the former Margaret Lipworth Gallery in Gallery Center of Boca Raton back in the 90s for a few years. I worked in another contemporary gallery in the same center and passed this large work at least 50 times a day, to the point where It would frequently appear in my dreams. For a while, we had designated wall space directly beside the work. This presented a challenge since the Katz work was massive, easily dwarfing even paintings over 12 feet long.

[@camilouseche4846]

None of them are really good painters, maybe Kehynde willey but it´s still a kind of painting that is easy to replace with fotography.

[@bradytrashbag]

If art critics became artists.

[@bognodes]

I’m not sure how this list was compiled but I think more explanation is required. Are you ranking them by market value or critical acclaim?

[@GregGreen-e8l]

Beyond awful.

[@lisaglaze250]

Is painting big the main criteria, showy and brash, very American I suppose, and lip service to include one woman 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@ankhpom9296]

Would I pay big bucks for some of these paintings? NO WAY!

[@KnittingKitten]

Excuse me, but Kazimir Malevich is not a russian artist, he was Ukrainian 6:28 He was born in Kyiv, wrote letters to his family in Ukrainian, and identified as Ukrainian. He was arrested and interrogated by the Russians, because of his ucranian motifs in artworks, then they forbade him from creating art. And yet, later, as he became well-known, they started calling him a “russian artist,” which is another example of russia stealing Ukrainian culture. I understand it’s easy to get mistaken when russia spreads so much misinformation, even editing Wikipedia. But I wanted to highlight this since it’s important to me as a Ukrainian artist. Thanks for understanding.

[@DecJewelz]

The region was an administrative-territorial unit of Russian Empire from 1796 to 1919 and then Soviet Socialist Republic. He also studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture in 1903.

[@jakubkulakowski]

He was born in a Polish family and Ukrainian wasn't even his native language. Nevertheless, he was clearly a member of the Russian artistic scene.

[@dannistor7294]

yeah, right...

[@oilivanwarmerdam9451]

You forgot to mention how ucranian propaganda rewrote history after Revolution of 1917. Famine after civil war and collapsed bourgeoisie economy that were not only in Ucrain, but on russian territory as well you call Golodomor. What about this?

[@blueandgreenslacks]

The title should’ve read 16 painters living in America. I say that as an artist and aficionado.

[@flickertrick9489]

so strange sence of art quality from curators

[@thimug1150]

Me still waiting to be in this type of list, but I know I will probably die with know one knowing my work lol

[@michianm2055]

It's not just an art list, it's a media and political list.

[@박나연-v4e]

감사합니다.

[@artpatico]

Thanks for this!! Glad you enjoyed it 😄🔥🎯

[@KristySlicker]

One woman? On a list of 16? Wow.

[@Konstant515]

2:06, the colourful BMW is by a South African Dr of arts, Dr. Esther Mahlangu, She is well known for her Nguni, Ndebele paintings. Okay Thank you Bye.

[@sellerofhappiness]

excellence!

[@davidblush]

Nah

[@ankhpom9296]

What is the saying-if you can’t make it make it BIG!

[@pooyakazemi7977]

How about women like Faith Ringold or Judy Chicago or many others.

[@ardstrum]

Just Julie Mehretu in this sampling. It seems the art world can't handle race and gender inequalities at the same time. That said, women artists have been gaining far more attention in the contemporary art world over the past 20 to 30 years than they have in any other period. Small steps.

[@LisaSchulanerFineArt]

too many ads 😩

[@colourcuvee]

Where’s all of the current rock-star female artists?!? Where’s Cecily Brown? Christine Ay Tjoe? Flora Yukhnovich? Catherine Goodman? Christina Quarles? Rita Ackermann? Francesca Mollett? Jenny Saville? Jadé Fadojutimi? France-Lise McGurn? Lucy Bull? I REALLY think you need to reassess this very suspect list, Artpatico!!! 🤔

[@anniepapp]

Merci ....signé , Une peintre femme en colère...

[@Quahogger]

Not all of them are American, for example the brilliant Cecil Brown is British. Nonetheless, the lack of female artists on this list is infuriating

[@swschilke]

What about Kenton Nelson?

[@AI-xs4fp]

From the 1980's?

[@buschovski1]

Amazing prices

[@frankblangeard8865]

What is the average age of these geezers? Are there any contemporary american painters under the age of 40? 50?

[@alexandermartirosyan3406]

Not a single painter here. Daub. Those guys are mediocre ad poster drawers at most. In fact,

[@aaroncollins826]

Schnabel at #2? Julian is that you behind this list?

[@myfavoriteplanet3247]

Where are the artists born after the Boomers. Always the same list of artists and Andy Warhol always has to be in the picture somewhere.

[@samlyons3552]

Ebay has better than this

[@euanuglowisdead]

that was not a Mondrian painting at 1:50

[@RichardStephens-r4d]

Voice!?!?

[@Creativeassemblages]

Amazing, in 2024 you only mention 1 female artist in the top 16. You have to be kidding. Shame on you..

[@ThePulpitAPLJC]

Once the art industry concentrates on the work and not the color of the artist, it would be appreciated more. Your title is American Painters! Yet you say African American for black artist and American for white artist. They all are American artist, we can see what color they are. I know it maybe a small issue, but its also a large issue within the big picture. The gate keepers already control whom they want to elevate such as Kehinde. A small crack can bring down a whole wall!

[@orlandosanchezlugo]

No Mexican-American or Native- American in this list?

[@pr1me840]

Why should there be?

[@studio107bgallery4]

Because they’re Great artists,

[@pr1me840]

@@studio107bgallery4 Then make a list and make a video. good job

[@RachelAnnDRKRaven]

Needs more women artists on this list.

[@leonardodalongisland]

Why do you feel the need to tell us the race/originals of black and brown artist (which we can see with our own eyes) but not of the "white" artist?

[@wilsel1394]

Er, John Currin?

[@ultra8380]

after centuries, Americans remained to be in a league of their own, far below that of any other 😂

[@jameskeen593]

Odd choices...

[@tatianasavchenko4133]

16 artists, and only 1 is a woman. Does this mean that there are no women artists in America at all?

[@kendram1893]

Who are you to say?

[@bricology]

To me, this looks more like a list of the _worst,_ most overhyped artists in America. Scharf?! Condo?! Garbage. Wool?! Sub-garbage! Richard Prince? An absolute hack who never can/will move beyond his same tired old rephotos that he's been trotting out for 40 years already. Jasper Johns stopped painting years ago (he's what -- almost 100 now?!) A case can be made for Ed Ruscha being on a list of the "top American painters"; I'll give you that. Katz's work is shallow, but at least visually appealing and distinctive. Scully might make the cut, although his output is mind-numbingly repetitious.

[@igorlarin231]

😎👌✌🖐

[@artpatico]

Glad you enjoyed it 😄🎯🔥

[@readthetype]

Why would you pick a robot voice, and then have it speak with an accent?

[@NancyRodrigoStudio]

😂

[@markbrinton6815]

well there are 4 out of 16..........................

[@ChengManChing]

#3 is pronounced Roo-shay, Einstein…

[@selwynr]

Kinda very predicatable list, very androcentric. Where's Dana Schutz? A much better painter than most of these, though KJM is one of the best, and SS is probably the best colourist here. A few are laughably inadequte.

[@SkywalkerPaul]

Where is your video list of painters ?

[@selwynr]

Maybe call the vid "My favourite contemporary American painters", it would be less contentious. But then I guess online etiquette is always about getting a reaction. My video is in another, parallel universe, where capitalism never happened.

[@PSM_Art]

There are some decent inclusions here… but some real head-scratchers as well… seems like maybe this is just AI generated content? Can’t imagine someone actively curating this list and thinking they nailed it (only 1 woman; Schnabel and Scharf as top painters?) Good surface information on a handful of artists; but seriously lacking any reasoning to back up many of these people as being ‘top’ painters.

[@oliveoil2022]

You know there woman artist too!

[@NYCBigBull]

Diversity____oh brother

[@catherinemalian9558]

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[@JoseMartinez-ce2wq]

Katz sucks.

[@wskroll]

sad

[@jeffensroth4215]

One Woman? Really? Really?

[@zatoichimasseur6767]

Nope.

[@wills9732]

There are so many artist in American that have order of magnitude more talent and skills then the 15 listed here. Wiley may deserve to be on the list. Glancing over the video and seeing the art work I have zero interest in learning more about any of theses artist. Boring, woke, Pc, soulless, appeal to the lowest common denominator. At best this is ok corporate art, AT BEST!

[@anonymousmc7727]

Only 2 had talent 😂

[@twangel46]

So far they have been abstract rubbish. Art should be things of beauty and these are not atall, they are like wallpaper or interior design, they have lost the plot, these painting or more than funishings

[@sabinegilson257]

not a single woman, how insulting

[@hannawagenknecht6378]

Kandinsky is the best🤗( for me, sorry)😌🌹❤️😮oh,Pardon☺️😌❤️

[@colourcuvee]

Love Kandinsky as well, but this is a list of living painters.

[@artpatico]

Yes, the list is restricted to the U.S. as well 😅🔥🎯💥

[@artpatico]

Love the comment 🎯🔥🤟🤪

[@Admiravel-kc5db]

trash art and trash art... contemporany art my dog can do

[@MrHamburgerHelper]

sus af 😂

[@kalilavalezina]

Honestly, in 2024 there's really no reason to create a video like this and not include more diversity. These artists lists always go the same way (celebrating the same roster of famous artists). It's time other people (women, POC) got more attention.

[@Ubu94ntu]

You don't have Avery Singer? Are you sober ?

[@Milania717]

Absolutely terrible picks!! Stop gaslighting the people!!!

[@samunsinghshrestha2016]

They r making fool telling they r best .. from art we need to feel peace n beauty, these painting looks like garbage 🗑

[@vizantbogoljub3147]

Ha ha ha😂😂😂 ovo je sranje od umetnosti.

[@NancyRodrigoStudio]

This is bullshit. One woman?

[@joetony9123]

All of these “best of” lists are amusing. This one is particularly horrifying. They’re all subjective, but there are criteria that should be applied when considering great art. This guy settled a one-sided affirmative action approach. Go big or go home, bro. You omitted women-women of color, specifically. No trans artists? Shame on you. 😂

[@sebastianbucur5135]

trash

[@pooyakazemi7977]

There is no woman in list !

[@pr1me840]

You assume they are not a woman? How dare you.

[@pooyakazemi7977]

@@pr1me840 🙂🙂🙂

[@leonardodalongisland]

First, perhaps you're not a native English speaker or just uneducated; "There is no woman in list" is a Horrible (attempt at a) sentence. "There are no women on the list" is what you want to say/write. Secondly, the second artist featured is a Woman.

[@stevenmccarthy112]

unless it is really BIG it is overlooked

[@franklinking2576]

So many abstract artists are calling there poorly designed art modern ?? Amateur at best .

[@franklinking2576]

Crap artists 😂😂😂😂

[@nickrodis6862]

Salamat po

[@nickrodis6862]

Salamat po

[@DrewpyPlats]

So formal.