CAUGHT IN

BETWEEN:
Modern and Contemporary Art
WHAT IS
CONTEMPORARY
WHAT IS
MODERN
MODERN ART
Modernism and modern art
started in the Industrial
Revolution. Alongside the vast
changes that was happening
inside society at this time;
changes in manufacturing,
transportation, and technology,
art also felt the need to adapt
with the new worldly trends.

This shift from the classics is

what we will come to know as
the era of MODERN ART.
The Modern Art era started
between the 1860’s up to the late
1970’s lasting for more than a
century of art that defied the norms
of traditional society particularly
popular in Western Europe and
North America and eventually
spreading to the whole world.

In between the century of

Modernism, art at this time was
greatly influenced by the modern
life and new theories about art,
bringing fort many art movements
that emerged.

Art that this time was described as

innovative, non-traditional, and
very modern.
 Luncheon on the Grass, 1863
FAMOUS ARTISTS
OF THE MODERN
ERA

Edouard Manet
•Father of Modern Art
•Believed to be the first modern artist
•His piece strayed away from being realistic and three-dimensional
ART MOVEMENTS IN THE MODERN
ERA

Fauvism

• a joyful style of painting that is

known for its use of bold colors. It
was developed in France at beginning
of the 20th Century by Henri Matisse
and Andre Derain. The artists that
painted in this style was known as
“Les Fauves” (the wild beasts), a title
that came from a sarcastic remark in a
review by the art critic Louis
Vauxcelles.
•Les Fauves believed that colors
should be used at its highest pitch to
express the feeling the artist has for its
piece.
Surrealism

• an art movement inspired by

scientific research, Freudian
psychology and dream
interpretation.
• it portrays reality and intensity of
the subconscious mind.
• surrealists feasted on the
unconscious. They believed that
Freud’s theory on dreams, ego, and
superego opened doors to the
authentic self and clearer reality.
•Emphasizes on mysterious,
marvelous, mythological, and
irrational in an effort to make art
ambiguous and strange.
Cubism

•The most influential art style of the

20th century
•Cubists try to show all sides of an
object, reducing recognizable
images to geometric forms, shows
objects from several positions at one
time, and often makes opaque forms
transparent.
•Invented around 1907 by Pablo
Picasso and Georges Braques in
Paris. It was the first abstract art of
the modern era.
Dadaism
•Attacked the established values
in art.
•Declared absurdity in all its
convention and destroyed the
notion of art as well.
•The important thing for Dadaist
is not the actual artwork itself,
but the message and statement
that they are making with it.
Transition to
Contemporary Art

•The Contemporary Art Era started on 1970’s onwards. The

shift from the previous era, Modern Era, is because of two
reasons:
a.) the emergence of “postmodernism”
b.) the decline of the clearer identified artistic movement.
CONTEMPORARY
ART
•“Art made by the artists of today.” (J.
Paul Getty Museum)
•Heavily driven by ideas and theories
•It’s the idea that is the main intention
•It is not restricted to individual
experience but it is reflective of the
world we live in.
•Art expanded to more experimental
ventures with new formats such as
film, photography, video performance,
installations, etc.
•The most socially aware and most
involved in all forms of art.
ART MOVEMENTS OF THE CONTEMPORARY
ERA

Abstract Expressionism

•Took the concepts of abstraction

and combined it with gesture
techniques, mark-making, and
spontaneity in visual articulation.
•Emphasized the power of colors.
•Famous painters of this style:
a. Clyfford Still
b. Jackson Pollock
c. Willem de Kooning
d. Barnett Newman
e. Mark Rothko
OP/Optical Art

•Relied on creating an illusion to

inform the experience of the artwork
•Making it seem like the subject is
protruding out of the background to
create movement.
•Famous artists of this movement:
a. Victor Vasarely
b. Bridgit Riley
c. Peter Sedgley
d. Richard Anuszkiewiscz
e. Yaavcom Agam
f. Jesus Soto
g. Guenther Uecker
h. Enrico Castellani
i. Carlos Cruz-Diez
Kinetic Art

•Presence of actual movement in

artworks
•Famous artists:
a. Naum Gabo
b. Alexander Calder
c. Jean Tinguely
d. Bridge Riley
e. Nicolas Schoffer
f. Theo Jansen
Gutai

•Japanese origin
•Multiplatforms like performance,
theatrical events, installations, and
even painting
•Gutai = individuality and openness to
the concrete
•The goal of this movement was not
only to explore the materiality of the
implements used in performance, but
also to hold a deeper desire to make
sense of the relationship that is struck
between the body, the movements,
and the spirit of their interaction
during the process of creation.
Minimalism

•Extreme type of abstraction that

favored geometric shapes, color
fields, and the use of objects and
materials that had an industrial feel.
•Emphasizes the materiality of the
work
•Famous artists:
a. Agnes Martin
b. Robert Morris
c. Sol LeWitt
d. Dan Andre
e. Donald Judd
Pop Art

•Draws inspiration from pop media,

such as commercial culture
•One of the most known and
identifiable and relatable movements
in art history
•The aim was to elevate popular
culture as something at par with fine
art.
•Famous artists:
a. Andy Warhol
b. James Rosenquist
c. Claes Oldeburg
d. Richard Hamilton
e. Tom Wesselman
f. Ed Ruscha
g. Roy Lichtenstein
Postmodernism

• Most prominent movement that

solidified the contemporary era
• The formalization of the old
techniques and views of
modernism and claiming for
better arts for the 20th century.
• Shifting of belief systems
• Included conceptual art, neo-
expressionism, feminist art, etc.
OTHER CONTEMPORARY
ART MOVEMENTS
• POP ART
• It first emerged in the 1950s but found its footing in the 1960s. It drew
inspiration, sources, ad even materials from commercial culture, making it one
of the most identifiable and retable movements in art history.
• Is popular (designed for a mass audience), transient (short-term solution),
expandable (easily forgotten), low cost, mass produced, young (aimed at
youth), witty, sexy gimmicky, glamorous, big business.
• NEO – POP ART
• In the 1980s, there was a renewed interest in pop art specially to Andy
Warhol’s works and his contemporaries.
• What made in different from pop art was that it appropriated some of the first
ideas of Dada in which ready – made materials were used for the artwork.
• CONTEMPORARY ART
• Is the most socially aware and involved form of art.
• The Subject matter of its works was one of the most pressing, heated and even
controversial issue of contemporary society
• PHOTOREALISM
• A painstaking attention to detail is aimed, without asserting an artist’s personal
style.
• These drawings and paintings are so immaculate in their precion that it starts
to look it is photo without a direct reference to the artist who created it.
• CONCEPTUALISM
• The idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work.
• When an artist used conceptualize form of art, it means that all of
the planning and decisions are made beforehand and execution is
a perfunctory affair.
• PERFORMANCE ART
• May be planned or spontaneous and done live or recorded.
• An interest proposition is the performance is not about the medium or the
format; rather, it is how a specific context is made is which through
engagement or interaction, questions, concerns, and conditions will be fleshed
out.
• INSTALLATION ART
• Is a kind of an immersive work where the environment or the space in which
the viewer steps into or interacts with (going around installative art) is
transformed or altered.
• Usually large – scale, installation art makes use of a host objects, materials,
conditions and even light and aural components.
• EARTH ART
• Is a different from environmental art in a sense that does not focus on the
subject (environmental issue or concerns) but rather on landscapes
manipulation and the materials used, taken directly from the ground or
vegetation (rocks or twigs).
• STREET ART
• This art movements is related to graffiti art as it is by- product of the rise of
graffiti in the 1980s.
• These works are most commonly found in the public sphere, various people
who have access to them have formed the impression and perception of the
artworks themselves.
• Examples of this include murals, stenciled images, stickers, and installation or
installative/sculptural object usually out of common object and techniques.
NEO-POP
ART
PERFORMANCE
ART
PHOTOREALISM
CONCEPTUALISM
INSTALLATION
ART
STREET ART
EARTH ART