Widely regarded as the first epic feminist artwork, The Dinner Party functions as a symbolic history of women in Western civilization. It consists of 39 elaborate place settings arranged along a triangular table for 39 mythical and historical famous women, including Sacajawea, Sojourner Truth, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Empress Theodora of Byzantium, Virginia Woolf, Susan B. Anthony, and Georgia O'Keeffe.

Known for her pioneering work in materials such as latex, fiberglass, and plastics, Eva Hesse is associated with the Postminimal art movement. Hesse is one of the first artists who moved from Minimalism to Postminimalism. Arthur Danto distinguishes it from minimalism by its "mirth and jokiness" and "unmistakable whiff of eroticism".

When Jeff Koons was commissioned to create a piece for Arolsen Castle in Germany, the result was Puppy, a 43 ft (13 m) tall topiary sculpture of a West Highland White Terrier puppy, executed in a variety of flowers, including Marigolds, Begonias, Impatiens, Petunias, and Lobelias.

Coosje van Bruggen and Claes Oldenburg, a husband/wife team, first collaborated on Flashlight (1981), a huge outdoor sculpture at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

The Nurse Paintings are a series by Richard Prince inspired by the covers and titles of pulp romance novels. Titles include Surfer Nurse, Naughty Nurse, Millionaire Nurse, and Dude Ranch Nurse, the books from which they were copied. In 2008 the painting Overseas Nurse fetched a then-record-breaking $8,452,000 at Sotheby's in London.

Sol LeWitt came to fame in the late 1960s with his wall drawings and "structures" (a term he preferred to "sculptures") but was prolific in a wide range of media including drawing, printmaking, photography, and painting.

As with Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, his East Coast counterparts, Ed Ruscha's artistic training was rooted in commercial art. His interest in words and typography ultimately provided the primary subject of his paintings, prints and photographs.

Lynda Benglis's work is noted for an unusual blend of organic imagery and confrontation with newer media. Her early work used materials such as beeswax before moving on to large polyurethane pieces in the 1970s and later to gold-leaf, zinc, and aluminum.

The majority of Robert Ryman's works feature abstract expressionist-influenced brushwork in white or off-white paint on square canvas or metal surfaces. "There is never any question of what to paint," he once said, "only how to paint."

Maurizio Savini aims to remember childhood and personal memories by sculpting pink chewing gum and fibreglass, hoping to provoke different "flavors" of reactions among the people who see them.