Clyfford Still


1947-J
68 x 62"
Oil on Canvas


http://www.clyffordstill.net/art/art.html

The best "abstract expressionist" bar none.

Jeff Wall


After "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison, the Prologue
1999-2000
photo transparency mounted on a lightbox
174 cm x 250.5 cm

A Canadian icon for a reason. Despite this fact he has no good website.

http://www.whitecube.com/artists/wall/wall_misc1/

Christos Dikeakos



Atco Concrete Debris Coal Harbour Vancouver

2002
Transmounted lightjet photographic print
27" × 46"

http://www.catrionajeffries.com/b_c_dikeakos_works.html

Sean Caulfield



Smoke House
2004
31 x 22 in79 x 59 cm
Mezzotint,Etching,Chine Colle


Delicate line-compellingly bizzare, what more could you ask for?

Christopher Pratt



Gaspé Passage
1981
colour serigraph on Rising Museum board
51.2 x 81.8 cm


An unbelievably consistent artist, a true national treasure. Skillful simplicity, purpose and execution.

Richard Serra


"Richard Serra Sculpture 1985-1998"
Exhibition shot, 1999
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain

Epic, simple, profound, beautiful- I could go on.

Just run a google serch and look at the images, there's no one site that has the upper hand here.

Dulcie Foo Fat




Mountain Gentian
2006
oil on canvas
20" x 20"

http://www.dulciefoofat.com/

Exquisite microcosms.

John Brocke



Epoch
1991
oil on linen
6' X 15'

His subltly bizzare paintings are flawlessly executed. It's a shame he doesn't have a website.

Andreas Gursky



F1 Boxenstopp I
2007
Edition of 6
C-print
87 9/16 x 239 3/8 in. (222.4 x 608 cm) (incl. frame)

The exquisite spectacle.

Mark Lewis



Rush Hour, Morning and Evening, Cheapside
Single screen projection, 4 minutes 34 seconds, super 35mm transferred to HD video
2005


One of many consistently great videos.

Balint Zsako



(Untitled)
watercolour and ink on paper
2009
40.6 X 30.5

http://www.balintzsako.com/


An honest and contemporary examination of our relationship with our bodies. To say the least.

Max Dean



(Max Dean, Raffaello D'Andrea, Matthew Donovan)

The Robotic Chair
1984-2006

aluminum chassis, fibreglass
carbon fibre chair with wood veneer
mechanics and electronics
84 x 49 x 44 cm

http://www.roboticchair.com/documentation.php

A simple and direct way of redefining object, as well as artist.

Also check out.

http://www.metiviergallery.com/artist_artwork.php?artist=dean&artwork=say_when

Lynne Cohen




Untitled
(Freud bed)
2007, ed. 2/5
42" x 50"

http://www.lynne-cohen.com/

One of the best photographers. 30 years of cempelling art can't be wrong.

Martin Parr



Greece, Athens, Acropolis
1991

I don't know how he finds these shots, but I'm glad he does. Unique, honest moments.

Roxy Paine


Weed Choked Garden
2005
Thermoset plastic, polymer, oil paint, PETG, stainless steel, lacquer, epoxy, pigment.
63 x 139 x 69.5 inches.

http://www.jamescohan.com/artists/roxy-paine/

The beautiful reclamation of spaces by systematic vegetation.

Doris Salcedo


Noviembre 6 y 7
2003
280 Chair

http://www.whitecube.com/artists/salcedo/


Compelling furniture- who knew? (Couldn't find a good picture)

Vik Muniz


I'm too sad to tell you (after Bas Jan Ader)
c-print
2003


Perfectly questions traditional materials and representation.

Chris Millar


Facebitor
Acrylic on canvas
33"x40"
2006

http://www.trepanierbaer.com/selectedWork.asp?ArtistID=72


Innumerable combinations of content allow his work to evolve.

Gregory Crewdson


Untitled (Shane)
Summer 2006
Archival inkjet print
Edition of 6 and 2 Artist's Proofs
Print: 57 x 88 inches

http://www.luhringaugustine.com/index.php?mode=artists&object_id=66


Beautifully crafted ambiguity.

Marie Lannoo


100 TIMES
2005
acrylic on panel
48 x 48 x 2¾ inches

 
Mesmerizing depth- truly unique. These need to be seen in person to really be appreciated. [the bad photo doesn't help]

Marcel Dzama


Untitled
2003
Ink, watercolor and root beer on paper
14 x 11 Inches  

http://www.richardhellergallery.com/dynamic/artist.asp?ArtistID=3

Sharp and bizarre, Marcel's images haunt me.

Scott McFarland


Stables on Dr. Young’s Property, 3226 W. 51st. Vancouver
2005
digital c-print

Eric Cameron


The art of process at its most direct and compelling.

Vic Cicansky

Armchair Tomato 
2006
Dense foam, hardcoating, paint/UV, clearcoat
46" x 47" x 44" 1/5



Absurd sculpture that's strangely poignant.

Guy Bourdin


Untitled (Charles Jourdin ad)
1977
[not accurate]

http://www.guybourdin.org/

Quite simply- he made better art than most so called artists.

Bernd & Hilla Becher


Blast Furnace, Youngstown Ohio, USA
1981
Gelatin silver print

http://www.masters-of-fine-art-photography.com/02/artphotogallery/photographers/bernd_and_hilla_becher_01.html

The unavoidable beauty of the manufactured, preserved for our pleasure.

Dan Kopp


Untitled (+ The Ethiopian, lrgr; 2 works)
gouache on panel
15.9 x 24 in. / 40.3 x 61 cm.
2002

http://ctrlgallery.com/cms/artists/dan-kopp/


Dan's landscapes are exciting- being both vivid and subtle.

Michael Harrington


Figures in the Backseat
2006
Painting
Oil on canvas
60 x 40 in / 152.4 x 101.6 cm

http://www.artnet.com/artist/423969374/michael-harrington.html

Banal yet sinister paintings with an amazing amount of atmosphere. And I'm always into ambiguous narrative.

Elana Willis



http://www.elenawillis.com/

Elana's images are often things I've never imagined- that's about as exciting as it gets.

Joel Sternfeld


Joel Sternfeld
After A Flash Flood, Rancho Mirage, California 1979
(from American Prospects)
n:1979, p:2003
Digital C-Print
48 X 60 inches

http://www.luhringaugustine.com/index.php?mode=artists&object_id=67


Skills skills skills. The man has eyes and he knows what to do with them.

Panos Kokkinias


Aliki 2007
Digital Chromogenic Fujicolor Chrystal Archive print
120 x 177 cm (47.24 x 69.69 inch)

http://www.xippas.com/en/artist/panos_kokkinias

Solid photography. Suggestive, ambiguous, beautiful.