The only comparable figure is his contemporary, Mark Twain, who acknowledged Dickens as the pioneer.
The Drawing Centre displays 70 de Kooning works on paper, and the Whitney is showing another Pollock contemporary, Mark Rothko.
Thomson wrote in a variety of styles, including Gregorian chant, variations on Baptist hymns, and neoclassicism, often combining traditional forms with contemporary techniques, marked by careful craftsmanship.
For although his new novel has all of the features of period costume drama inserted within a contemporary story, marked by quite complex themes of selfhood and identity, it nevertheless unfolds with a quietness and self-effacement that is the mark of true confidence in a storyteller.
The rarity of political portraiture in contemporary art marks a substantial shift.
Given China's "unsettled" contemporary context, marked by several decades of enormous economic, social, and cultural changes, we might expect that mothering practices are more subject to debate, reflection, and explicit articulation than was the case a generation ago.
He trained with Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Alain Ducasse and employs traditional technique in a contemporary style marked by an Asian flair.
There are historic moments which may be recognised, even by contemporaries, as marking the end of an age.
The traditional seaside attraction has been revamped and set in contemporary Britain to mark its 350th anniversary.
The author finds in the theater of contemporary Pakistani society, marked by widespread social unease, a "hysterical synchronicity" which is reminiscent Mr. Manto's works.
Next fall, Derry plays host to the Turner Prize, one of the United Kingdom's highest-profile contemporary art events, marking the first time it has crossed the Irish Sea.
