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Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The history of art usually refers to the History of the Visual arts, such as Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. --> In the history of art prehistoric art is all art produced in preliterate cultures (prehistory beginning somewhere in very late geological history Arts of the ancient world refers to the many types of Art that were in the Cultures of Ancient societies such as those of ancient China, Also see articles History of painting, Western painting Western Art' redirects here Eastern art history is devoted to the arts of the Far East and includes a vast range of influences from various cultures and religions Islamic art encompasses the arts produced from the 7th century onwards by people (not necessarily Muslim) who lived within the territory that was inhabited by culturally See also Western art, History of painting, Western art history, History of art, Art history, Painting, Outline of painting The history of Painting reaches back in time to artifacts from pre-historic humans and spans all cultures Art history is the Academic study of objects of Art in their Historical development and stylistic contexts i World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced since World War II.

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The institutions of contemporary art

Contemporary art is exhibited by commercial contemporary art galleries, private collectors, corporations, publicly funded arts organizations, contemporary art museums or by artists themselves in artist-run spaces. A contemporary art gallery is a location where Contemporary art is shown and sold Contemporary art museums around the world specialize in collecting and exhibiting Contemporary art. An artist-run space is a gallery space run by artists thus circumventing the structures of public and private galleries Contemporary artists are supported by grants, awards and prizes as well as by direct sales of their work.

There are close relationships between publicly funded contemporary art organisations and the commercial sector. For instance, in Britain a handful of dealers represent the artists featured in leading publicly funded contemporary art museums. [1]

Individual collectors can wield considerable influence. Charles Saatchi has dominated the contemporary art market in Britain since the 1980s; the subtitle of the 1999 book Young British Artists: The Saatchi Decade uses of the name of the private collector to define an entire decade of contemporary art production. Charles Saatchi (born June 9, 1943) ( Arabic: تشارلز ساعاتجي) was the co-founder with his brother Maurice of the global [2]

Corporations have attempted to integrate themselves into the contemporary art world: exhibiting contemporary art within their premises, organising and sponsoring contemporary art awards and building up extensive collections. [3]

The institutions of art have been criticised for regulating what is designated as contemporary art. Outsider art, for instance, is literally contemporary art, in that it is produced in the present day. The term Outsider Art was coined by Art critic Roger Cardinal in 1972 as an English synonym for Art Brut (aʁ bʁu meaning "raw art" However, it is not considered so because the artists are self-taught and are assumed to be working outside of an art historical context. [4] Craft activities, such as textile design, are also excluded from the realm of contemporary art, despite large audiences for exhibitions. [5] Attention is drawn to the way that craft objects must subscribe to particular values in order to be admitted. "A ceramic object that is intended as a subversive comment on the nature of beauty is more likely to fit the definition of contemporary art than one that is simply beautiful. "[6]

At any one time a particular place or group of artists can have a strong influence on globally produced contemporary art; for instance New York artists in the 1980s. [7]

Public attitudes

Contemporary art can sometimes seem at odds with a public that does not feel that art and its institutions share its values. [8] In Britain in the 1990s contemporary art became a part of popular culture, with artists becoming stars, but this did not lead to a hoped for "cultural utopia". [9]

Concerns

A common concern since the early part of the 20th century is the question of what constitutes art. The twentieth century of the Common Era began on This concern can be seen running through the "modern" and "postmodern" periods. History of Modern art Roots in the 19th century Although modern Sculpture and Architecture are reckoned to have emerged at the end of the nineteenth Postmodern art is a term used to describe art which is thought to be in contradiction to some aspect of Modernism, or to have emerged or developed in its aftermath The concept of avant-garde[10] may come into play in determining what art is taken notice of by galleries, museums, and collectors. Avant-garde (avɑ̃gaʁd in French) means "advance guard" or "vanguard Serious art is ultimately exceedingly difficult to distinguish definitively from art that falls short of that designation.

Contemporary art prizes

Some competitions, awards and prizes in contemporary art are

History

This table lists art movements by decade. It should not be assumed to be conclusive.

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

References

  1. ^ Derrick Chong in Iain Robertson, Understanding International Art Markets And Management, Routledge, 2005, p95. The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive Abstract expressionism was an American post– World War II Art movement. The Bay Area Figurative Movement (also known as the Bay Area Figurative School, Bay Area Figurative Art, Bay Area Figuration, and similar variations was See also Tachisme, Art Informel, School of Paris, Lyrical Abstraction refers to two related but distinctly separate movements in Post-war New York Figurative Expressionism of the 1950s represented a trend where "diverse New York artists countered the prevailing abstract mode to work with the figure The New York School (synonymous with abstract expressionist painting was an informal group of American Poets painters Dancers and Musicians The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 Abstract expressionism was an American post– World War II Art movement. The Bay Area Figurative Movement (also known as the Bay Area Figurative School, Bay Area Figurative Art, Bay Area Figuration, and similar variations was In Quantum mechanics, color field is a whimsical name for some of the properties of Quarks Color Field painting is an abstract style that Computer art is any Art Conceptual art is Art in which the Concept (s or Idea (s involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic and material concerns Fluxus —a name taken from a Latin word meaning "to flow"—is an international network of artists composers and designers noted for blending different artistic media A happening is a performance event or situation meant to be considered as Art. Hard-edge painting consists of rough straight edges that are geometrically consistent See also Tachisme, Art Informel, School of Paris, Lyrical Abstraction refers to two related but distinctly separate movements in Post-war Minimalism describes movements in various forms of art and design especially Visual art and music, where the work is stripped down to its most fundamental features Neo-Dada is a label applied primarily to the Visual arts describing artwork that has similarities in method or intent to earlier Dada artwork The New York School (synonymous with abstract expressionist painting was an informal group of American Poets painters Dancers and Musicians Op art, also known as optical art, is a genre of visual Art, especially Painting, that makes use of Optical illusions Op art is also known as This article is about Performance art For other uses see Performance (disambiguation Pop Art is a visual Art movement that emerged in the mid 1950s in Britain and in parallel in the late 1950s in the United States. Postminimalism is a term utilized in various artistic fields for work which is influenced by or attempts to develop and go beyond the aesthetic of Minimalism. A visual-art movement of the 1960s the Washington Color School was originally a group of painters who showed works in the "Washington Color Painters" exhibit at the Washington This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The term Arte Povera (Italian for "Poor Art" was introduced by the Italian Art critic and Curator, Germano Celant, in 1967 History Typewriter art Since 1867 typewriters have been used for creating visual art Body art is Art made on with or consisting of the Human body The most common forms of body art are Tattoos and Body piercings but other Artists' books are works of art realized in the form of a book The feminist art movement refers to the efforts and accomplishments of feminists internationally to make art that reflects women's lives and experience as well as to change the foundation Installation art uses sculptural materials and other media to modify the way a particular space is experienced Land Art, Earthworks or Earth Art is an art movement which emerged in America in the late 1960s and early 1970s in which landscape and the work of art Lowbrow, or lowbrow art, describes an underground Visual art movement Photorealism is the genre of painting based on making a painting of a Photograph. Postminimalism is a term utilized in various artistic fields for work which is influenced by or attempts to develop and go beyond the aesthetic of Minimalism. Process art is an Artistic movement as well as a creative sentiment and world view where the end product of art and craft, the objet d’art Video art is a type of Art which relies on Moving pictures and is comprised of Video and/or audio data The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. To appropriate something involves taking possession of it In the Visual arts, the term appropriation often refers to the use of borrowed The demoscene is a Computer art Subculture that specializes in producing demos, which are non-interactive audio-visual presentations that run in Electronic art is a form of art that makes use of Electronic media or more broadly refers to Technology and/or Electronic media Figuration Libre is a French art movement of the 1980s It is the French equivalent of Bad Painting and Neo-expressionism in America and Europe Junge Graffiti (singular graffito; the plural is used as a Mass noun) is the name for images or lettering scratched scrawled painted or marked in any manner on property Live Art is a term used to describe all acts of performance undertaken by an Artist as a work of art Mail art is Art which uses the Postal system as a medium The term mail art can refer to an individual message the medium through which it is sent or Postmodern art is a term used to describe art which is thought to be in contradiction to some aspect of Modernism, or to have emerged or developed in its aftermath Neo-conceptual art describes art practices in the 1980s and particularly 1990s to date that derive from the Conceptual art movement of the 1960s and 1970s Neo-expressionism was a style of modern Painting that emerged in the late 1970s and dominated the art market until the mid-1980s Transgressive art refers to Art forms that aim to transgress i Video installation is a Contemporary art method that combines Video technology with Installation art. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 Cynical realism is a contemporary movement in Chinese art, especially in the form of Painting, that began in the 1990s Information art (or 'informatism') is an emerging field of Electronic art that synthesizes Computer science, Information technology, and more classical Internet art (often called net art) is Art or cultural production which uses the Internet as its primary medium or inspiration (but not necessarily as its Massurrealism is the name given to an art genre characterised by the convergence of Surrealism and Mass media, including the influence of Pop art. New media art is an Art genre that encompasses artworks created with New media technologies, including Digital art, Computer graphics Young British Artists or YBAs (also Cultural pluralism is a term used when small groups within a larger society maintain their unique cultural identities Relational Art (or relationalism) is defined by Nicolas Bourriaud, co-founder and former co-director of Paris art gallery Palais de Tokyo as "a set Software art refers to works of art where the creation of Software, or concepts from software play an important role for example software applications which were created by Sound art is a diverse group of Art practices that considers wide notions of Sound, Listening and Hearing as its predominant focus Street art is any Art developed in Public spaces — that is "in the Streets quot — though the term usually refers to art of an illicit nature as Stuckism is an Art movement that was founded in 1999 in Britain by Billy Childish and Charles Thomson to promote figurative painting Superflat is a Postmodern art movement founded by the artist Takashi Murakami, which is influenced by Manga and Anime Videogame art involves the use of patched or modified computer and video games or the repurposing of existing games or game structures A VJ is a Performance artist who creates moving visual art (often Video) on large displays or screens often at events such as Concerts, Nightclubs ISBN 0415339561
  2. ^ Chin-Tao Wu, Privatising Culture: Corporate Art Intervention Since the 1980s, Verso, 2002, p300. ISBN 1859844723
  3. ^ Chin-Tao Wu, Privatising Culture: Corporate Art Intervention Since the 1980s, Verso, 2002, p14. ISBN 1859844723
  4. ^ Gary Alan Fine, Everyday Genius: Self-Taught Art and the Culture of Authenticity, University of Chicago Press, 2004, pp42-43. ISBN 0226249506
  5. ^ Peter Dormer, The Culture of Craft: Status and Future, Manchester University Press, 1996, p175. ISBN 0719046181
  6. ^ Peter Timms, What's Wrong with Contemporary Art?, UNSW Press, 2004, p17. ISBN 0868404071
  7. ^ George E. Marcus and Fred R. Myers, The Traffic in Culture: Refiguring Art and Anthropology, University of California Press, 1995, p257. ISBN 0520088476
  8. ^ Mary Jane Jacob and Michael Brenson, Conversations at the Castle: Changing Audiences and Contemporary Art, MIT Press, 1998, p30. ISBN 026210072X
  9. ^ Julian Stallabrass, High Art Lite: British Art in the 1990s, Verso, 1999, pp1-2. ISBN 1859847218
  10. ^ Fred Orton & Griselda Pollock, Avant-Gardes and Partisans Reviewed. Griselda Pollock (born 1949) is a prominent art historian and cultural analyst and a world-renowned scholar of international post-colonial feminist studies in the Manchester University, 1996. ISBN 0-7190-4399-9
  11. ^ http://www.deste.gr/en/award/index/index.htm

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