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This is a 36 story skyscraper in Belgrade, Serbia designed by Mihajilo Mitrovic. Designed in the brutalist tradition, it is meant to resemble a gate welcoming travelers from the West.
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Murals in Soho in the 1980s. SoHo had become the Wall Street of the art industry and the artist Rene Moncada engaged in art provocation.
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A 72 foot sculpture of a giant embedded in the Earth struggling to break free by J. Seward Johnson Jr. It is currently located at National Harbor in Prince George's County, Maryland.
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A large abstract sculpture by Eduardo Paolozzi. The top of the sculpture resembles a block human face and body and is visible by surrounding tall buildings.
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A double album released in January 1980 by English punk rock band The Clash. The album tackled important social matters like racism, violence, and unemployment. Rolling Stone considers it the best album of the 1980s.
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This timeline will explore fine art as well as popular art from the 1980s.
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An oil painting quadriptych by Mark Tansey depicting the four forbidden senses.
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A mural size oil based painting by Nabil Kanso depicting the horror and violence of the Lebanese Civil War.
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An oil canvas painting by Russian Nevsky Prospekt. The painting has come to symbolize the creativity of the Leningrad artists under the USSR.
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Located in Stutgart and designed by British firm James Sterling. Widely considered to be the epitome of post-modernism.
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The break-out novel by author Bret Easton Ellis explores nihilism and decadence of the youthful rich. The novel came to exemplify the detachment wrought by excess wealth and narcissism in the 1980s.
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An oil on canvas painting by Belarusian artist Mai Dantsig depicting the retrieval of Sistine Madonna by the Soviets at the end of World War II.
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The largest scrap metal sculpture in the world that includes dynamos by Thomas Edison, parts from a nearby Army ammunition plant, and pieces from Apollo 11.
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Acrylic by David Salle, who came to represent neo-expressionism in the 1980s.
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Graphic Novel released by DC Comics in 1986 and 1987. The story is set in an alternative timeline where superheroes are real and President Nixon has been re-elected five times. The story sets out to deconstruct and satirizes the superhero concept while exploring society's fears and anxieties. Considered to be one of the top 100 novels of the 20th century.
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An Andy Warhol painting of a 300SL celebrating the centenary anniversary of the invention of the motor vehicle.
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A black and white photograph of hip hip band "The Beastie Boys" by Lynn Goldsmith in 1987. "The Beastie Boys" represented a sea change in rap music and helped popularize the genre outside of the African-American community.
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Originally a serial for Rolling Stone, the novel went on to commercial success and has been called the quintessential novel of the 1980s.
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Painting by indigenous Australian artist Gordon Bennet. The painting represents confusion and frustration due to increasing isolation of the aboriginal people.
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Porcelain sculpture of Michael Jackson with his pet monkey Bubbles. The sculpture was done by American artist Jeff Koons, who said, "I wanted to create him in a very god-like icon manner. But I always liked the radicality of Michael Jackson; that he would do absolutely anything that was necessary to be able to communicate with people."
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The Ralph Wolfe Cowan portrait of future President Donald Trump.
