Or what is Contemporary Art? History, main artists and works

Contemporary art is a trend that originated as a breakdown - and overcoming - of modern artistic manifestations. By default, it can also be called post-modern art.

Arisen at the second goal of the XX century, this vertente constituted a new way of producing and appreciating art, being produced at all days of the leaf.

More concerned with combining everyday life with the artistic universe, contemporary art tends to unite different languages.

At present, it uses technology and digital media as great allies in order to provoke questions and innovative experiences for both artists and the public.

Contemporary Art History

We can consider that contemporary art began to bear fruit from movements such as pop art or minimalism, which were seen as only fertile in the USA in the 60s.

Nesse moment, or context that was lived was of post-war, of technological development and of strengthening of capitalism and of globalization.

In addition, to the cultural industry, and consequently to art, there will be great transformations that will lay the foundations for the emergence of contemporary art.

Esse novo artistic fazer begins to value more ideias and artistic process in detriment of shape final ou do object, ou seja, the artists passam to seek or stimulate reflections on the world and on their own art. Além disso, empenham-se em approaching arte da vida comum.

We feel that pop art with its exhibitors Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and other artists, creates a cultural scene conducive to contemporary art.

Isso because it is a vertente via the culture of massas its founding support, using historical Quadrinhos, publicity and I tied the same celebrities as material of creation, approaching the public of the universe artistic.

It gives the same form, or minimalism and post-minimalism (not two years 50 and 60 years) offers the opportunity to think of the union between languages ​​as a painting and sculpture, as well as the use of space in an innovative way, select the gallery environment, urban public spaces or em meio à nature.

Subsequently, new developments occur and enable the emergence of other forms of expression, such as performances, video art, installations and others.

Characteristics of Contemporary Art

To contemporary art, for being inserted in a world with a large flow of information and technological and media innovations, Desses resources are used as a form of communication.

Além disso, break as barreiras not that I say I respect the linguagens of art, unindo diverse types of artistic fazer in a work, destroying two traditional supports.

This is a trend that values approach between art and life, many times trazendo reflections of collective scope, allying politics and materiality. It traces new personages and issues, such as racial, patriarchy, sexuality and gender issues, inequalities and others.

Wounding or answering spirit two Dadaists, contemporary art is also concerned with investigate yourself, loading inquiries about artistic concepts and encouraging velha pergunta "Afinal, o que é arte?".

Another interesting feature is the appreciation of the interaction between the public and the work, many artists opt for paths that seek to provide a unique experience to people who enter into contact with us plays.

Contemporary Art in Brazil

Normally, such new artistic trends tend to appear in Brazil from a certain point of time that is still happening in other places, like Europe and the USA, basically. In the meantime, I don't care about contemporary art, that space of time is not big.

In Brazilian lands, it can be said that this type of art started as neo-concretists, that it founded Neo-Concrete Manifesto em 1959. You are responsible for the document forram Amilcar de Castro (1920-2002), Ferreira Gullar (1930-2016), Franz Weissmann (1911-2005), Lygia Clark (1920-1988), Lygia Pape (1927-2004), Reynaldo Jardim (1926-2011) and Theon Spanudis (1915-1986).

Another fundamental name for national contemporary art is Hélio Oiticica (1937-1980), which includes projection for the country.

A great moment of effervescence in contemporary Brazilian art was also marked by the exhibition How are you going, Geração 80?, held in Rio de Janeiro, not Parque Lage in 1984.

A show brings together 123 artists and has the objective of mapping varied productions of the time. Artists who became references will participate, such as Alex Vallauri (1949-1987), Beatriz Milhazes (1960), Daniel Senise (1955), Leda Catunda (1961) and Leonilson (1957-1993).

As Biennais Internacionais de São Paulo are also great cultural centers that contribute results and experiments in Brazilian artistic territory.

Top contemporary artists

São many are the people who dedicate themselves to producing contemporary art in Brazil and in the world. To list all the important artists in this universe would be a daunting task. Find some:

Fluxus Group

The Fluxus Group was an artistic movement that existed in the 60s and contacted various artists who used various supports to produce a challenging, provocative and used art. O essential group for the consolidation of contemporary art in the world.

Fluxus foi assim batizado because the Latin thermo derives from fluxu, which meant "schooling", "fluency". The artists of the movement accredited to a greater integration between art and life

Its members were present in various countries, including:

• França: Ben Vautier (1935)
• United States - Higgins (1938-1998), Robert Watts (1923-1988), George Brecht (1926), Yoko Ono (1933)
• Japan - Shigeko Kubota (1937), Takato Saito (1929)
• Nordic countries - Per Kirkeby (1938)
• Alemanha - Wolf Vostell (1932-1998), Joseph Beuys (1912-1986), Nam June Paik (1932-2006).

Dick Higgins, an American artist who participated in the group, once defined the movement in the following way:

Fluxus was not a moment in history or an artistic movement. In a way of doing things [...], a way of living and dying.

Marina Abramović (1946-)

Marina Abramović was born in Servia and is considered one of the most important contemporary artists, isso for her essential role in the performance language of the 70s.

Together with your ex-companheiro, or German artist Ulay, created works that test their own limits, addressing issues such as tempo, identity and love relationships.

The last performance that they will carry out was seen as a setting for the separation of the house, which walked kilometers, meeting the Muralha da China.

Below, we can see an image of the performance The artist is present, presented no MoMa in 2010, in Nova Yorque. On occasion, Marina spent several hours sitting exchanging olhares as a public.

Or that she did not know that Ulay was present at the exhibition. The sitting in front of the artist and the reunion of many years was exciting.

Hélio Oiticica (1937-1980)

Hélio Oiticica was a renowned Brazilian artist in the national arena. She works with supports such as sculpture, performance, painting.

Hélio was quite attentive, participating in important movements such as Grupo Frente (1955 and 1956) and Grupo Neoconcreto (1959).

Her great contribution was around the understanding of space, starting from two-dimensional or three-dimensional.

Hélio also innovates or unites or corporates a work of art. A classic example of the famous ones Parangolés, colorful sculptures that the people wore.

Rosana Paulino (1967-)

Rosana Paulino is a Brazilian artist who presents works as a forte questioning about important issues, such as structural racism in the feminine situation in Brazil.

It exhibits productions in various languages, such as embroidery, sculpture, design, photography.

Na work below, entitled Backstage (1997), photographs of black women on wooden racks are presented. Their mouths and eyes are sewn together, alluding to the impotence and silencing of victims of domestic violence and, in a greater sense, to social oppression.

Banksy

The English artist Banksy is one of the two most acclaimed at the moment. Little is known about his royal identity, that the face is kept as mystery.

Generally, his works are famous for the streets of great cities. São paintings produced with the stencil and carving technique great questions about the consumer society, values, moral and social principles.

You work is present in various places around the world, such as England, Barcelona, ​​France, Vienna, Austria, USA and the Middle East.

To meet other works by two artists, I read: Fantastic works of Banksy

Contemporary Art Movements

The artistic movements within contemporary art are diverse and many times their limits are diffuse, mixing several years other.

Contudo, we list some of them and we can define them as follows:

Conceitual Art

Nesse type of art, to valorização é pela ideia - or conceito - in detriment of final form. Here, I seek to raise questions through art, suggesting a mental attitude. The first time that this thermos was used within the Fluxus Group, we were in the 60's.

About essa corrente, or artist Sol LeWitt (1928-2007) disse:

A proper idea, the same is not turned into visual, it is a work of art as much as any product.

Povera Art

TO povera art It was an artistic stream that emerged in Italy in the 60's that strived to produce art with acessive materials, "poor" and rustic, in order to create a new aesthetic.

Two artists were intended to criticize consumerism, industry and the capitalist system, encouraging questions about artistic objects as simple and ephemeral materials.

Performance in Art

Performance art was also a manifestation that originated in the 60s as a consequence of the experiments of various artists, such as the Fluxus movement, for example.

Nessa linguagem, generally mixed with other forms of expression, or artist is used from his own body as material and support for the realization of the work.

As a characteristic, it has an event, or a certain time, it happens in a certain place and time, therefore the work has a duration. In spite of this, an idea of ​​work can be made through two records that are well known, usually by means of photography and videos.

Hyper-realism

Essa corrente da arte conteorânea ganhou força not final two years 60 us USA. The objective is a retake of realistic / faithful figurative aesthetics, in contrast to abstract expressionism and minimalism, which seeks more subjective modes of expression.

This is a kind of realism, as inspirations seen from the contemporary world, using as a basis assumptions and atuais themes.

No video below can you submit a TV Folha report about an exhibition of the hyper-realistic Australian sculptor Ron Mueck held at the Pinacoteca de São Paulo in 2014.

Land art

TO land art It is a movement that starts with new artistic proposals that emerged in the 60s in the USA and Europe.

Or thermos land art tem as meaning "art da terra". It is because these works have a strong link with nature, using natural spaces as support and material. Dessa form, or that one fears an art fully integrated into the environment.

Street art

TO street art, ou art de rua, emerged in the USA in the 70s. This is an expression that is not public space, and can include painting (graffiti and stencil), performance, theater, among other forms of creation.

Possui ephemeral character, pois from the moment you are on the streets, or artist has no more control over or work. A public interaction is also an important point, these works being generally carried out in urban centers with a large circulation of people.

Body Art

In this two innovative creative processes two years 60 and 70, it also arises body art, ou arte do corpo. Nessa linguagem, you artists use the body as material. By isso, many times a body art mixed performance and other expressões.

Nesses trabalhos, or that we see many times é o corpo used as maximum power for expressão of dubian sentiments, such as dor, anguish and prazer, além de ferramenta to provoke questions.

Bruce Nauman, American artist who uses himself dessa linguagem, disse: "I want to use my body as a material and manipulate it."

Difference between modern art and contemporary art

It is called modern art that is produced from the end of the XIX century and the beginning of the XX century. As the changes that formed or changed the world, art was also transformed.

It is difficult to define exactly when contemporary art begins, but a considerable framework is current Pop Art, which begins to mix the common interests of the people and the culture of massas com a art.

Also, because the differences between a trend and another are not very clear, it can be said that contemporary art has greater concern in turning to art more next to life.

Other points to be highlighted are the union of languages, the use of technology and the valorization of ideas to the detriment of the form of contemporary feminine art.

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