Hi.

With so much art produced annually, and the art market at an all-time high (even though it's mostly the constant selling and reselling of all the old artists and their works). Do you guys know of some artists around the world, even in small and often overlooked places and countries who have found a meteoric rise to fame and gained recognition for their work?

If so, can you tell me where I can read more about them? As an art history student and a museum curator, I have come across a lot, but at this point only a few make me gasp and stare at them in awe.

I don't want to read about the artists that most of the professors talk about. I want to be shocked; I want to be mesmerised; but most importantly I want to discover my passion for art again.

Please tag their Instagram, Reddit, and Twitter ids if you can. Once again: I want artists from around the world, whose entire modus operandi is saying things like it is; who can influence people with their art; and most importantly, who are not afraid to dissent (talk against the govt., society, or any moral or ethical dilemma).

Thank you, guys,

Sincerely,

someone who is now 'waiting for Godot'