"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 imagination, typically
in a visual form.
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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Garapata by Dex Fernandez
 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 recognize and
Social interaction comprehend what it is about the art that draws you in, as well as
of 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.
Artists and their works
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Convergence, 1950 by Jackson Pollo

Original Version
Contemporary Version Original Version

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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
 Original Version

Contemporary Version

Zebra by Victor Vasarely

 Original Version

Contemporary Version

Achaean by Bridget Riley

• 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.
Artists and their works
Contemporary Version

Original Version

Abstrac ti o n by Ale xa n d er C a ld er
Contemporary Version

Original Version

Met a-Ha rmon ie II b y J e an Tin g u e ly

• 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.
Artists and their works
Contemporary Version

Original Version

Unti tle d(sta ck), b y Do n ald Ju d d

Contemporary Version

Original Version

Harran II by Frank Stella

• 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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Popeye, 1961 by Roy Lichtenstein
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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.
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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
M arina Abramovic
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 exteriors, highway STICKER
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
with graphic design. (Tate, 2018)

STENCIL IMAGE
artists And their works
Untitled (skull),1981 by Jean Michel Basquiat
Houston Bowery Wall, 1982 by Keith Haring
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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
MINIMALISM: https://www.britannica.com/art/Minimalism
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