Contemporary Art
Contemporary Art
Contemporary Art
In addition to Hernando Ocampo and his group, the PAG in its early
years also started to attract other painters like Anita Magsaysay Ho,
Nena Saguil, Mario and Helen Roces, and Manuel Rodriguez.
Rodriguez subsequently moved away to found his own Contemporary
Artist Gallery and workshop. Although diverse in style and
temperament, the Neo-Realists and their companions shared a
common dissatisfaction with what they considered as the static art of
the Establishment, as exemplified by the painters belonging to the
rural-pastoral school of Fernando Amorsolo.
Modern art is a term that signifies the philosophy and style of the
artworks produced during the 1890-1960 era.
The main objective of Modern art was to set aside the traditions of
the past and put more emphasis on experimentation with new
perspective of seeing the world. People often get confused with the
word modern, as a term to describe something new and
fashionable, but rather it refers to the artworks produced during the
time period mentioned above
The Modernism movement introduced many fresh concepts in the
world of art. All of a sudden many artists started exploring dreams,
symbolism and personal iconography as their signature. Modern
artists also experimented with the expressive use of color, non-
traditional materials and mediums.
This is indeed a disruption during early 20th century
Now, A Burial at Ornans by Gustav Courbet, was a revolutionary
painting, which opened the doors for the concept Modernism.
This story is very important to understand the concept of "Modern
Art".
Lastly, Contemporary art is the art produced by living artists,
who produce the most up-to-date artworks. By definition,
Contemporary Art refers to work of arts made since the aftermath of
World War II and is used to describe the works of artists still living
and creating art works.
It made art as a whole to reflect the current issues that hound our
world today, such as racism, globalization, third-world country
oppression, feminism among many others. Over the last 30 years,
we have seen a growing list of artworks that brings awareness
towards the most perplexing and important matters. Guided by the
emerging mediums such as art salons, video art, object design,
graphical arts and social media, Contemporary Art has broken down
walls and looks headed to a limitless future
Contemporary Artist in Paintings
Sol LeWitt
Period: Contemporary art
Created: 1996
Medium: Paint
Richard Diebenkorn
Created: 19631963
Media: Canvas, Paint, Oil paint
Periods: Contemporary art, Expressionism
Dan Flavin
American artist
Contemporary Artist in
Architecture
Zaha Hadid
British-Iraqi architect
Oscar Niemeyer
Brazilian architect