This form of art is of the post 1960 – modernist period.
It was this period of the late 1900s which saw major
socio-economic, cultural, political and also educational
changes the world over, which undoubtedly influenced art,
amongst many other productive fields.The rigidity in defining types of art was lost to a large
extent during this time and this is what came to define
contemporary art. Its flexibility aside, contemporary art
deals with issues directly related to its present day world.
Contemporary artists chose to highlight the idea or
impulse behind their work rather than concentrate on the
medium or method used. They unlike earlier artists were not
deterred by the thought of using various media and
techniques in combination. Open to experimentation, these
people pioneered the concept of setting their audience
thinking about the subject as the most important aim of the
artwork.
Topics like racism, global warming, cloning and
biotechnology, international politics, human rights,
spirituality and economics are reflected in the work of
contemporary artists.
The advent of contemporary art marked the breaking of
shackles by artists to move from the conventional
inclination towards aesthetic beauty and purity to address
subjects such as politics, which affect the lay man. This is
what brought the common man closer to the artist who didn’t
seem ‘high and mighty’ like an untouchable philosopher any
more.
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