Essays on Contemporary Art

Senga Nengudi emerged one of the most intensive artist in the 1970’s because her works brought together the performance art and the abstract sculpture. Today, she still constructs poetic environments out of air conditioning units, sand, bubble wrap, panty house and other material used every day. In her hands, the...

Art theory aims to broaden one's understanding of art or to theorize on art without using classical definitions. Art is important in society as it's through art that we preserve human culture and traditions. The society can express itself through artwork where one's message can be immortalized in a piece...

This paper is an art critique of three artworks observed at the San Antonio Museum of Art situated in Texas The artworks are done by a single artist, John Marin. The critique examines various elements in the artworks to determine what they mean or the message that the artist intended to...

Rebecca Belmore is a contemporary performance artist who is less in the visceral and puts much emphasis on poetry. Her exhibition, “Facing the Monumental”, curated at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), promotes the idea that her work has always been open-ended and non-pedantic.             Belmore’s work explores a range of...

Modern Art in Africa Modern art in Africa is understood to be the art that is created by the African diaspora artists as well as the artists in Africa during the post-independence era. However, the definition of this form of art is one that has recently been understood to represent post-independence...

The 2017 Whitney Biennial and the 2017 Venice Biennale: A Comparison The 2017 Whitney Biennial is one of the most recognized events in the world as several artists tend to display their work in which people from different parts of the world tend to view. The shows are different from other...

Sophie Calle is a French photographer considered as acontroversial artist because of her non-conventional approach to photography. Born in Paris, France in 1953, Sophie Calle traveled and settled in California where she developed the passion for photography (Calle and Baudrillard 8). Calle returned to Paris in 1979 and enrolled in...

Public art is among the most creative ideas that man has ever made. Public art is an artistic work that is created and displayed in a public place where it is visible to everyone. It comprises of massive and multidimensional urban typology. The public art especially the performative techniques can...

Fig 1: Madre, 2008 at the 10th st plaza       Fig 2: A detailed image of the artful cuts and shapes The artwork Madre, 2008 is one of the fine works of Maria Cristina Carlini. The name Madre is an interpretation of “Mother”. The art piece comprises of a large metal orb...

Postmodern architecture is an architectural style which began in the 1960s to respond to the modern architectural styles which took specific designs. Both architect designs have similarities and differences. Their designs use geometric shapes. This means that they apply regular lines and shapes when being designed. The paper will discuss...

Andy Warhol's Paintings: A Critical Evaluation Andy Warhol is a well-known American artist, and Wagner critiqued his works in her essays under the headings "Warhol Paints History" and "Race in America." Wagner focuses on Andy Warhol's works created between 1960 and 1970. Wagner notes out elements that make Warhol's paintings difficult...

According to Lessig, analog technology was the authorization tied to a specific file in the computer that allowed for read/write permission to users authorized to edit the document as well as read/only permission to users authorized simply to view the file. Because of the 'natural' limits of analog technology, each...