Overview

Contemporary artwork is rapidly advancing in response to

developments in contemporary science, politics and social
thought. Twenty-first-century painting, sculpture and architecture
are not isolated forms but rather cultural products conditioned by
social and historical circumstances. Art becomes meaningful
because it has the power to express important things that would
otherwise remain unstated. Sectioning of contemporary artwork
requires understanding of artistic tradition, the development of
avant-garde culture and significant changes in the content of
contemporary art.
Step 1
Understand that contemporary art
is a strongly independent art that
became resurgent toward the mid-
1980s. There are several movements
within it: Neo-Expressionism, Neo-
Surrealism, Neo-Abstraction and
Postmodernism (usually in
architecture). If you are preparing
an art exhibit, planning to buy a
collection or simply want to know
more about contemporary art,
these are your four major sections
of contemporary art movement.
Step 2
Know that the artistic roots of Neo-Expressionism are
Germanic, but in actual practice the art it defines is so
eclectic in character that it includes everything from the
most personal surreal fantasies to emblematic abstract Pop
art. The most noted artist among Post-Expressionists is Chuck
Connelly. His brand of Neo-Expressionism is anti-objective
figurative painting.
Step 5
Understand that Postmodernism in architecture started
in 1972 with a destruction of St. Louis's Pruitt-Igoe public
housing. The best Bauhaus modernist architects
couldn't make it into a workable home for the poor.
The father of Postmodernism is Robert Venturi, who
wrote a book called "Complexity and Contradiction in
Architecture, which presented a critique of modernism.
As opposed to modernism, the style of Postmodernist
buildings is irrational, eclectic, decorative and
metaphorical. The first Postmodern building is Robert
Venturi's "Chestnut Hill House" (1962) in Philadelphia
and is a metaphor for commonplace construction.
Source: How to Section Contemporary Art Work
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