![]() ![]() Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.Ĭontemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. ![]() This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. ![]() Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. ![]()
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