Siah Armajani, an Iranian-born, Minneapolis- based sculptor, infuses democratic ideals into monumental bridges, reading rooms and architectural fantasies collected by New York's Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), among other sites.Tom Arndt's classic black and white photos from America's heartland are owned by many leading museums, including the Art Institute of Chicago.
A dozen more collectible Minnesota artists
Frank Big Bear's pop-style paintings critiquing contemporary American Indian life and culture are at London's British Museum, the Plains Art Museum in Fargo and the Tweed Museum in Duluth.
Lynn Geesaman's dreamy photos of topiary and formal gardens can be seen at the Bibliothèque National in Paris as well as museums in Chicago, Philadelphia and New York.
David Goldes' luminous photos of experiments with wind, water, light and gravity can be found in the Bibliothèque Nationale, as well as New York's Whitney Museum.
Tim Harding's slashed wall hangings and garments are collected by the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C., and the Kwangju Museum of Art in South Korea.
Stuart Klipper's panoramic color photos of remote landscapes from Antarctica to the Sinai are held by museums throughout the United States, as well as London's Victoria and Albert Museum.
Warren MacKenzie, the dean of American functional potters, is widely collected internationally, including New York's Metropolitan Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Judy Onofrio's wildly colorful assemblage jewelry and feminist sculptures are owned by New York's Cooper-Hewitt Museum and the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, among others.
David Rathman's wry prints and watercolors of post-modern machismo and Western mythology are collected by the Whitney, the Getty Museum in Los Angeles and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Paul Shambroom documents America's military and political power in color images found in more than a dozen museums, including Boston's Museum of Fine Arts.
JoAnn Verburg manipulates photographic focus and scale in poetic color portraits and landscapes at MOMA and the International Museum of Photography, Rochester, N.Y.
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