Jean-Michel Basquiat, Ai Weiwei, David Hockney, Louise Bourgeois, Jean-Michel Othoniel, Yayoy Kusama, Jenny Saville... all these artists come from the same artistic movement: contemporary art. A genre that sees the birth of works that arouse questions and reactions.
In the history of art , contemporary art succeeds modern art . Chronologically, it encompasses all the works produced after 1945. The contemporary artists who conceived them were able to benefit from recent creative techniques such as photography, painting, screen printing, digital technologies ... One of the characteristics of contemporary art is that it has no support limit. More than a simple chronological period, contemporary works are recognized by their ability to question their time, to shake up the codes of media, distribution or even lifespan.
We can identify several movements in contemporary art : figurative art, hyperrealism, street art, feminist art, conceptual art.
So what is modern art?
Modern art precedes contemporary art , its period spans around 1900 to 1945. It includes the cubist, surrealist, art brut, impressionist movements... Modern art paved the way for contemporary art in beginning to transgress all the rules of representation. Where modern art shakes up, frees itself from all the classic codes of the representation of reality, contemporary works above all question their time by seeking reaction, questioning.
What are the characteristics of contemporary art?
The definition of contemporary art is quite complex. Contemporary art includes works created from 1945 to the present day. They can be paintings, sculptures, photographs, performances, drawing, all mediums are conducive to it. Contemporary art also conveys concepts, ideas, claims. By making our imagination work, it also testifies to its time.
What is the difference between modern art and contemporary art?
Modern art breaks the codes of representation while contemporary art is mainly concerned with reflection, design and its materials and mediums.
What is the purpose of contemporary art?
Apart from aesthetics, one of the most often accepted purposes of contemporary art is to question. Contemporary artists wish to make people react by proposing a criticism or by seeking to make them react by asking questions.
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