Indeed, artists no longer attempt to work for a universal public.

Finding a new director was going to take some time, so the artists banded together and attempted to manage the company themselves.

If the artist is attempting something new they are creating a benchmark rather than trying to reach one.

These pieces suggest an artist attempting to reconcile local traditions with global ones.

Kokoschka and artists like him attempted to express emotion in their works.

Some artists attempt to capture the very essence of something in order to evoke a direct emotional response.

Other artists are clearly technically proficient, but attempted an experiment that did not end well.

What makes much of the work here particularly effective and refreshing is the way the artists attempt to establish a social context for real-life experiences.

These artists attempted to recapture the style of painting preceding Raphael.

By adding a constraint, the artist is attempting to produce original art within tightly defined boundaries.