Contemporary Art
Group I
Modern Art
modern / mädern /
relating to the present or recent times as opposed to the remote past.
art / ärt/
the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination , typically in a
visual form.
Modern art comprises creative work created during the era roughly from the 1860s to the
1870s, and specifies the forms and concepts of art established during that time period The
term most usually associated with art in which traditional norms are abandoned in favor
of experimentation.
Modern painters experimented with new ways of seeing as well as new ideas about
material nature and the roles of art. Many works of contemporary art tend to move away
from narrative, which was characteristic of past art forms, and toward abstraction . More
recent creative work referred to it as contemporary art or postmodern art.
Contemporary Arts
con•tem•po•rar-y
/kan tempa rerê/
- living or occurring at the same time.
- belonging to or occurring in the present.
Art
/ärt/
the expression or application of human creative skill
and imagination, typically in a visual form
Contemporary art is artwork made by living artists now. As a result, it depicts the diverse,
global, and ever-changing issues that shape our world.
Many contemporary artists utilize their work to explore personal or cultural identity,
critique
societal and institutional systems, or even re-define art. They typically generate difficult
or
thought-provoking subjects without providing clear answers in the process.
Curiosity, an open mind, and a desire to discuss and debate are the best tools for
approaching a
piece of modern art.
Examples of Contemporary arts:
• Campbell’s soup cans by Andy Warhol (1962)
• Garapata by Dex Fernandez
How did a modern art started a new period?
Impressionism was the foundation of contemporary art. It all began in Paris as a
reaction to a rather formal and rigorous style of painting practiced in studios and dictated
by conventional organizations such as the Academie des Beaux-Arts.
Unlike many members of other art movements, Post-Impressionists primarily composed
their works independently of others, allowing them to experiment in a variety of
directions, ranging from intensified Impressionism, as typified by van Gogh, to
pointillism, as seen in Seurat's most famous work Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La
Grande Jatte (1884-86).
To begin, Modern and Contemporary Art are two distinct periods of art.
Contemporary vs Modern
Contemporary Art emphasizes innovation and freedom more than Modern Art.
Contemporary art focuses on societal influence, with society as the major emphasis,
whereas Modern art is an expression of personality.
Another difference is that most Modern Art was made on canvas, but Contemporary Art
may be found in a wider range of materials, including object design, tech-enabled
artwork, and graphical arts.
While you may be drawn to art, it's critical to recognize and comprehend what it is about
the art that draws you in, as well as whatever exact aspect appeals to you the most.
Contemporary art flourished with Modernism at first, but it is today seen as distinct from
that school. The Contemporary Art Society was created by Roger Fry and his associates
in 1910.
Modern art is defined by academics as a distinct style that corresponds to a certain time
period. The modern style, on the other hand, evolves with time, resulting in a wider range
of methods and outputs.
ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM
Artistic style in which the artist seeks to depict not objective reality but
rather the subjective emotion and responses that objects and events arous
within a person.
.Expressionism as a distinct style or movement refers to a number of
German artist, as well as Austrian, French, and Russian ones, who
became active in the years before World War I and remained so
throughout much of the interwar period.
ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM (two major style)
Action painting
Direct, instinctual, and highly dynamic kind of art that involves the
spontaneous application of vigorous, sweeping brushstrokes and the
chance effects of dripping and spilling paint onto the canvas.
Color Fields
Direct, instinctual, and highly dynamic kind of art that The tem typically
describes large-scale canvases dominated by flat expanses of color and
having a minimum of surface detail. Color-field paintings have a unified
single-image field and differ qualitatively from the gestural, expressive
brushwork.
Optical Art
- Op art, also called optical art, branch of mid-20th-century geometric abstract art that
deals with optical illusion.
- Achieved through the systematic and precise manipulation of shapes and colors. The
effects of optical art can be based either on perspective illusion or on chromatic tension;
in painting, the dominant medium of Op art, the surface tension is usually maximized to
the point at which an actual pulsation or flickering is perceived by the human eye.
Artists and their works:
Zebra by Victor Vasaraley (Original & Contemporary version)
Achaean by Bridget Riley (Original & Contemporary version)
Pop Art
Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the 1950s and flourished in the 1960s in
America and Britain. It is an art that is based on popular culture and mass media.
Characterized by bold, simple, everyday imagery, and vibrant block colors.
The Pop Art movement aimed to blur the boundaries between "high" art and "low"
culture. By creating paintings or sculptures of mass culture objects and media stars.
Pop Art (Artist and their works)
Great American Nude #21, 1961 by Tom Wesselmann
Popeye, 1961 by Roy Lichtenstein
House of fire, 1981 by James Rosenquist
Minimalism
Minimal art, also called ABC art, is the culmination of reductionist tendencies in modern.
MINIMAL SCULPTURE, is composed of extremely simple, monumental geometric
forms made of fiberglass, plastic, sheet metal, or aluminum, either left raw or solidly
painted with bright industrial colors. Like the painters, Minimalist sculptors attempted to
make their works totally objective, unexpressive, and non-referential.
Minimalism Artists and Works
• Donald Judd - Untitled (stack)
• Frank Stella - Harran II
Post Modernism
Post modernism refers to a reaction against modernism. It is less a cohesive movement
than an approach and attitude toward art, culture, and society.
• Postmodern art can be also characterized by a deliberate use of earlier styles and
conventions and an eclectic mixing of different artistic and popular styles and mediums.
A late 21st and 20th century art style.
Artist and their works
- 10 Marilyn Monroe, 1967 by Andy Warhol
- One and Three Chairs, 1965 by Joseph Kosuth
Neo Pop Art
Neo-Pop , or Post -Pop , is a broad term that refers to a style that has been influenced by
Pop Art. The first wave of Neo -Pop Art emerged in the 1980's as a reaction to the
Minimalism and Conceptualism of the 1970's.
The Neo -Pop artists used the iconography of Pop Art to their own ends , creating
commentary that mimics Pop Art , but also incorporating contemporary "kitsch " imagery
and references to political and social issues that did not exist in the 60's.
Artist and their art work
Portraits Twin; Futago, 1988 by Yasuma Morimura
727, 1996 by Takashi Murakami
Paris Hilton Autopsy, 2007 by Daniel Edwards
Photorealism
The name Photorealism (also known as Hyperrealism or Superrealism) was coined in
reference to those artists whose work depended heavily on photographs, which they often
projected onto canvas allowing images to be replicated with precision and accuracy. The
movement came about within the same period and context as Conceptual Art, Pop Art,
and Minimalism and expressed a strong interest in realism in art, over that of idealism
and abstraction.
Artist and their works
Telephone Booth, 1968 by Richard Estes
Erschossner, man shot down 1, 1988 by Gerhard Richter
Conceptual art
is a movement that prizes ideas over the formal or visual components of artworks.
Conceptualism took myriad forms, such as performances, happenings, and ephemera.
From the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s Conceptual artist produced works and
writings that completely rejected standard ideas of art.
Artist and their works
Mother and Child Divided, 1993 by Damien Hirst
The trees will riot, 2020 by Robert Montgomery
PERFORMANCE ART
Is art is presented "live," usually by the artist but sometimes with collaborators or
performers.
artworks that are created through actions performed by the artist or other participants,
which may be live or recorded, spontaneous or scripted.
Artist and their works
Rhythm 0, 1974 by Marina Abramovic
Cutpiece, 1974 by Yoko Ono
Installation Art
-is one of the most impactful and enchanting art genres in existence. compared to
conventional arts form such as painting & sculpture, Installation art is intended to fill
entire rooms or even entire exhibition space. (Lesso,2022)
Yard,1967 by Allan Kaprow
Aftermath of obliteration of eternity, 2009 by Yayoi Kusama
Earth art
also known as Land art of Earthworks, is primarily an American movement that produces
site-specific structures, art forms, and sculptures using the natural landscape. (The Art
Story, 2018)
"Earth Art"
(Artist and their works)
Broken circle; Spiral hill, 1971 by Robert Smithson
California Dreamin, 1972-76 by Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Street Art
Street art is art that is done in public surfaces such as building exteriors, highway
overpasses, and sidewalks. Street art is more common in cities. - Street art is similar to
graffiti in that it is done in public spaces and is usually unauthorized, but it encompasses
a broader range of media and is more closely associated with graphic design. (Tate, 2018)
Example:
- Murals
- Installation Art
- Sticker
- Stencil Image
ARTIST AND THEIR WORK:
1. Untitled (skull, 1981 by Jean Michael Basquiat)
2. Houston Bowery Wall, 1982 by Keith Haring
