"the rule

breaker"
"contemporary arts
breaks the norm"

"Pure Pop (Mona Lisa)" by Orlando Quevedo

mod·ern
/ˈmädərn/
relating to the present or
recent times as opposed to the
remote past.

art
/ärt/
the expression or application
of human creative skill and
Modern art comprises creative work created during the era roughly from the 1860s to the
1970s, and specifies the forms and concepts of art established during that time period. The
term is 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
is referred to it as contemporary art or postmodern art.
Wheatfields With Crows, 1890 by Vincent Van Gogh
Galatea de las esferas, 1952 by Salvador Dali
con·tem·po·rar·y
/kənˈtempəˌrerē/
- 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.
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how did 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).
Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884–86 by Georges Seurat
• To begin, Modern and Contemporary Art are two
distinct periods of art.

• 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
Social interaction
recognize and comprehend what it is about the art
of 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.
 • Artistic style in which the artistseeks to depict not objective reality but rather the subjective
emotion and responses that objects and events arouse 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.
two major styles
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 term 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.
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 • 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
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 • Art from any medium that contains movement perceivable
by the viewer or that depends on motion for its effect.

• "Kinetic art" as a moniker developed from a number of sources.

• KINETIC SCULPTURE, sculpture in which movement (as of a

motor-driven part or a changing electronic image) is a
basic element. In the 20th century the use of actual
movement, kineticism, became an important aspect of
sculpture.
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 • Minimal art, also called ABC art, is the culmination of
reductionist tendencies in modern art.



• 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.
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• 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.
artists And their works
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• Postmodernism 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.

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• 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.
artists And their works
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• 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.
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• Conceptual art is a movement that prizes ideas over the formal or visual
components of art works.

• Conceptualism took myriad forms, such as performances, happenings, and ephemera. From the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s Conceptual artists produced works and writings that completely

rejected standard ideas of art.

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 • 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.



artists And their works
Rhythm 0, 1974
by Marina Abra
m ovic
Rhythm 0, 1974 by Marina Abramovic
Cutpiece, 1964
by Yoko Ono
Cutpiece, 1964 by Yoko Ono
Installation art is one of the most
impactful and enchanting art genres in
existence. Compared to conventional
art forms such as painting and
sculpture, Installation art is intended
to fill entire rooms or even entire
exhibition space (Lesso, 2020).
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Earth art, also known as Land art or
Earthworks, is primarily an American
movement that produces site-specific
structures, art forms, and sculptures
using the natural landscape. (The Art
Story, 2018)
artists And their works
Broken circle;Spiral hill, 1971 by Robert Smithson
California Dreamin, 1972-76 by Christo and Jeanne-Claude
 MURALS

INSTALLATION
ART

Street art is art that is done in

public surfaces such as building STICKER
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 STENCIL IMAGE
artists And their works
Untitled (skull),1981 by Jean Michel Basquiat
Houston Bowery Wall, 1982 by Keith Haring
Allan Kaprow. (2006, September 29). Allan Kaprow. Allan Kaprow. http://allankaprow.com/about_reinvetion.html
anirudh. (2017, November 17). 10 MOST FAMOUS MODERN ART ARTISTS AND THEIR MASTERPIECES. newtonic.
https://learnodo-newtonic.com/famous-modern-painters
artnet. (2012, July 12). Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006. artnet. http://www.artnet.com/artists/allan-kaprow/
Burgard, T. A. (2008, March 13). Chihuly the Artist: Breathing Life into Glass. Chihuly.
https://www.chihuly.com/life/writings/chihuly-artist-breathing-life-glass
Cole, R. (2021, March 18). Yayoi Kusama. Encyclopedia Britannica. Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Yayoi-Kusama
Contemporary Arts Center. (2011, July 25). Christo Javacheff. Contemporary Arts Center.
https://www.contemporaryartscenter.org/artists/christo-javacheff
Dia. (2019, September 9). Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty. Dia.
https://www.diaart.org/visit/visit-our-locations-sites/robert-smithson-spiral-jetty
Gallery Label. (2007, May 15). Richard Long A Line Made by Walking 1967. Tate. Richard Long A Line Made by Walking 1967
Jean-Michel-Basquiat.org. (2020, November 20). Untitled. Jean-Michel-Basquiat.org.
https://www.jean-michel-basquiat.org/untitled-boxer/
ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM: https://www.britannica.com/art/Expressionism
ACTION PAINTING: https://www.britannica.com/art/Action-painting
COLOR-FIELD PAINTING: https://www.britannica.com/art/colour-field-painting
OPTICAL ART: https://www.britannica.com/art/Op-art KINETIC ART: https://www.britannica.com/art/kinetic-sculpture
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