Essays on Contemporary Art

Art and Modernity in the Arts Art has always been present in the world's history with painters adopting different techniques to illustrate their visualization of various aspects of nature. Modernity has introduced a new element in the art industry with many acknowledging its presence through its application in architect, sculpture, and...

There is technically no precise definition of the term modern art thus its remains elastic accommodating different meanings. The rationale behind this assertion is that art and the world as a whole is in constant evolution which means what is considered or perceived as modern art today might not be...

Art is one of the earliest forms of human expression Artists employ color, patterns, as well as the reproduction of visual likeness in communicating emotion and interpreting the world around them. (Kay) Since the earliest days of civilization, artists have employed different methods of producing art. Thus, art is a broad...

Mathew Richie is arguably one of the best contemporary artists. He doubles as an architectural engineer as well as an artist. His artistic mission has been mainly to occupy the universe with his marvellous structures through impeccable visualization of sculptures. The artist’s prospects emerged from his beliefs in Judeo- Christian...

The Hunter's Tunic as an Artwork The Hunter's Tunic is an artwork, which involves the face of a human being composed in the 20th century from Lofa. The mask is made up of leather, cotton, metal alloy, cotton string, animal teeth, hide, encrustation, and horns. The picture contains some enclosed human...

It is a large –scale public exhibition or show that is basically done to send meaning or purpose of an art or manufactured products. Exposition has been used as an instrument in music, plays, films, poetry, television programs and literature presentations. When an exposition is done, the audience is able...

The product described here is the free contemporary art advanced by La Machine-  a street theatre firm which has given the city of Nantes’s shipbuilding warehouses and old docks a new look. The arrival of Jean Blaise in the mid-1980s marked the beginning of art and culture promotion.  Blaise, the...

This piece of writing focuses on The Brass Family of art by Alexander Calder. He is one of the most famous and best artist in the sector of sculptors from the twentieth century. Alexander Calder was born in Pennsylvania, the United States of America in the year 1898. He was...

Arts are there to entertain people and represent various situation affecting people. Different artists do their work related to a specific culture, political and social events happening in an environment or changing peoples lives while other people it's just for entertainment. Takashi Murakami is a Japanese contemporary artist born in...

Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American artist born on the 22nd of December 1960, and he died on the 12th of August 1988. Basquiat was a significant African-American artist who rose to fame during the 1980s (Debord 67). His artworks made significant contributions to uplifting graffiti artists into the realm of...

The Korean art industry is growing and the recent art diversity in the sector has seen a rise in the number of contemporary artists who have contributed to broadening the reach of their creativity (Lee 133).  Lee (137) appreciates that “as the country's contemporary art scene gradually becomes more broad...

Shahzia Sikander: A Contemporary Pakistani-American Artist Shahzia Sikander is a contemporary Pakistani-American artist. Currently residing in New York City, the artist was born in Lahore, Pakistan, in 1969 (McCarthy 147). However, her artistic practice constantly moves easily between the boundaries and borders, depicting her as a transitional artist with shifting identities....