On Friday night in Los Angeles, Kanye West again asserted himself as one of the most daring, thought-provoking, and dominant artists working today. Turning the sold-out LA Forum into a theater and livestreaming to a worldwide audience of millions via TIDAL, Kanye upended the idea of what music video can be with the visual for Famous, the lead track from his #1 album ‘The Life Of Pablo’. A “comment on fame,” the visual has been hailed by fans and press alike as “powerful,” “fascinating,” “brilliant,” ‘unsettling,” and “damn genius.”

As a trained multi-disciplinary artist, Kanye West works fluently in mediums ranging from music, to design, video, graphic design, performance and more. His list of collaborators includes contemporary artists Takashi Murakami, Steve McQueen, George Condo, Vanessa Beecroft, Marco Brambilla, Jackie Nickerson, and Michel Gondry, among others. West’s language encompasses fantasy, sex, beauty, celebrity, faith, darkness, power and above all, truth. Last year, West received a doctorate from School of the Art Institute of Chicago in recognition of his many accomplishments in the fine arts, and was introduced by artist and SAIC professor Nick Cave.

In a commentary from Art Basel Miami in 2014, New York Magazine asked “Could Kanye West Be the World’s Most Committed Artist?,” stating “Commitment is a big part of what we admire in fine art. When Jerry Saltz recently shared his memory of seeing a performance artist in 1990…we felt punchline giddy when he revealed this was Matthew Barney. An artist’s commitment over the decades illuminates a narrative that makes us feel secure watching individuals push their boundaries…Kanye West has this quality; he is an artist who commits, even when it isn’t prudent, comfortable, realistic, or flattering.”