Artists I like

I would have to say that my appreciation for art has increased in the last month or two. I always liked the classic style with its accuracy, and the impressionists where you could still make out the subject. The more modern stuff never really seemed like art to me, so it was a relief to see Geogia O'Keefe making fun of Pollock's work in the film about her. I guess not everyone has to agree that something is beautiful or worthy of being called art.
That being said, I actually have started liking some of the modern art. After seeing the movies and hearing about how the movements developed and what they meant, I can now look at the pieces and and say "I get it". Pollock's splashing makes sense now, and I wouldn't mind having one in my living room (not just because it would be worth more than everything else I owned combined).
I also like the minimalists, it reminds me of an episode of "Queer eye for the straight guy" that I saw a while back. The queer guys were doing over a house owned by a Marine, and they told him that his walls were too bare. He was concerned that they would put something "gay looking" on his walls, but they just painted some pieces of canvas a solid maroon color and placed them on the walls to offset the plain blue that was there. The result was nice without being gay.
I guess I don't really have anyone I can say is my favorite. As long as I can look at something and understand what it is or at least why it looks like it does, I can appreciate it. On the other hand, I still don't like Dada, ready-mades, or anything made with elephant dung or the artist's urine (Mapplethorpe) that is designed solely to offend.