Contemporary Arts

Contemporary Art

CONTEMPORARY ART is…

 Known as the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th

century or in the 21stcentury.

 To simply explain: “Made by living artists today.”

Contemporary artist work in a:

Globally
influenced,

Their beliefs,
attitudes and
ideas are
promoted by a
group, region,
of a country.

Culturally diverse,
and,

Learn to appreciate
that society is made
up of many
different groups
with different
interests, skills,
talents, and needs.

Technologically
advancing world.

Simply means,
technology is
slowly
transforming
the art world.

What is ART APPROPRIATION?

 The use of pre-existing objects or images with little to no

transformation applied to them.

 The use of appropriation has played a significant role in the history

of arts.

 This is a common trope in contemporary art.

EXAMPLE

Compare

Marcel Duchamp’s LHOOQ

Original Mona Lisa

Contemporary art includes:

Paintings

Sculptures

Photography

Installation

Performance

Video art

Painting

The process of
applying paint, or
another medium,
to a solid surface –
usually a canvas.

Sculpture

A work of art that
is produced by
carving or shaping
stone, wood, clay,
or other materials.

Photography

Literally means
“draw with
light.”

Installation

Installation art is a
term generally
used to describe
artwork located in
three-dimensional
interior space.

Performance

Art

Created through
actions performed
by the artist or other
participants, which
may be live or
recorded,
spontaneous or
scripted.

Video Art

An art form
which relies on
using video
technology as a
visual and
audio medium.

Let’s recap…

What is…

 Contemporary art?

 Art appropriation?

 Included in contemporary art?

 Paintings?

 Sculptures?

 Photography?

 Installation?

 Performance?

 Video art?

 Where do contemporary artists work in?

Seatwork: Identify the following:

1.

Produced through the artist’s or other participant’s actions, which
can be captured or live, haphazard or intentional.

2.

The utilization of previously existing items with not much alteration
carried out on them.

3.

In the history of arts, adaptation has been used extensively.

4.

It was created in the latter part of the 20thand/or the 21stcentury
AD.

5.

Usually used to described as a multifaceted indoor artwork.

Seatwork: Identify the following:

6. The act of applying or using another media on a solid surface, which
is typically a blank surface.

7. Representation by means of capturing photons and directly putting
it in a sensitive paper in order to produce a form of art.

8. Insculpere vel sculpere.

9. This is a prevalent modern art cliché.

10. An artistic medium that depends on the use of digital media for
both visual as well as auditory components.

Answer key:

1.

Performance Art

2.

Art Appropriation

3.

Same as no 2

4.

Contemporary art

5.

Installation

6.

Painting

7.

Photography

8.

Sculpture

9.

Same as no 2

10. Video art

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