Contemporary art

exciting text that provides an elaborate exposition of his career as a pre-eminent artist in the United States. His flamboyant and contorted glassworks are a unique and conspicuous trademark displayed across the globe. Chihuly described his works of art as trade blankets. In fact, in the preliminary sections of his book, he pointed out that the book documents the variety and beauty of his trade blankets or glasswork. On this account, the author’s review presents an historical background of the…

There are numerous comparisons, similarities and differences to be noted between Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri and Emily Kame Kngwarreye none more than their art work. Both being from the central desert region of the Northern Territory, Australia and the Anmatyerre language group both Clifford and Emily share simular life experiences, beliefs of the dreaming, geography and views of their country. Both artists produced their work in a matching time and place with simular preferred mediums and both…

San Jose CA, there is a cultural event known as the “South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk” that I have been interested on for some time, although, have never been able to attended. By mid-March, while looking at the First Friday e-bulletin, I read about the “Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americano, MACLA” and the “17th Latino Art Now! exhibit presented through beginning of April to mi-May, and felt compelled to visit the art space for the Chicano/Latino Culture project. On Monday April 20, 2015, I…

Over Thanksgiving break I went with my family to the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art which is located at Johnson County Community College. The Nerman Museum has a variety of pieces created from different mediums including: clay, painting, photography, sculpture and drawing to name a few. I spent most of my time looking at an exhibit the museum has through March of 2017, called “Domestic Seen.” While many of the pieces included in this exhibit are very simple, they are meant convey perceptions…

Introduction - 500 w The main idea of this paper is to demonstrate that with the arrival of screen-based technologies, time has been an impactful theme to explore in contemporary art practices. Today, artist not only care about how time can be represented in a creative work, but also, on how it can embodied in the artwork. Also, the purpose is to investigate the impact time has on the audience and how the value of the piece becomes affected. Middle - 1500 w With the arrival of…

Is Art the Ultimate Luxury? The British art market is one of the most powerful and influential in the world. It has gone global thanks to its collectors and dealers who have encouraged a steady supply of art into the capital. Nevertheless artists and collectors stand in a nervous balance between commercialism and creation. The rich have had a monopoly on art since the dark ages and without these rich patrons names like Turner and Holbein would be unknown. However some believe these patrons…

be very political and has a lot to say, he comes across as a very determined person with a very opinionated attitude, because we know very little about Banksy or his identity, may we assume that he is of working class background and that he uses his art as a platform to voice his opinion and to change the way people think. Cutts on the other hand is subtle with is pieces and the way that he exhibits his work, his illustrations are of a very social nature and his pieces are often cartoon…

filming street art. Thierry began filming the street artists because he found the art fascinating. Eventually, Thierry decided to take up the art himself. Thierry began using his skills like most street artists do; on the side of public buildings. Theirry (with the help of some friends) decided to showcase an art show. He had items such as a giant spraycanned Campbells chicken noodle soup, as well as many other contemporary art pieces. Over 3,000 people showed up to Thierry’s few week long art…

Over the decades contemporary art has always been a huge influence in our society, it affect unconsciously the way we behave and the way we think. It can be expressed in different forms such as crafts, TV shows, Advertisements, films, fashion and print media. Nowadays, media art has been considered as a dominant mechanism of communication that affects us as humans in a positive but also in negative way. One of the most influential expressions of media arts is advertising and it can be defined as…

The exhibition Over the Fence, currently on display at the UQ Art Museum features a selection of photographic works from eighteen contemporary Indigenous artists. The selected artworks have been drawn from the private collection of art enthusiast, collector and philanthropist Patrick Corrigan. The exhibition, curated by Gordon Craig and titled after an artwork by Destiny Deacon, features artists including Richard Bell, Bindi Cole, Fiona Foley, Nici Cumpston, Christian Thompson, Vernon Ah Kee,…