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Lesson 9

The document discusses the transition from modern to contemporary art. It defines contemporary art as art produced from the late 20th century to the present that exists in a global, diverse, technological world. Contemporary art challenges boundaries through diverse materials and concepts and engages in cultural dialogues around identity. The document seeks to provide insight into how contemporary art is understood both within and beyond the art world and differentiate it from modern art.

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Lesson 9

The document discusses the transition from modern to contemporary art. It defines contemporary art as art produced from the late 20th century to the present that exists in a global, diverse, technological world. Contemporary art challenges boundaries through diverse materials and concepts and engages in cultural dialogues around identity. The document seeks to provide insight into how contemporary art is understood both within and beyond the art world and differentiate it from modern art.

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Lesson 9: Caught in

Between: Modern and


Contemporary Art
Overview
• The history of art is one of the most difficult tasks to pin
down.
• As what previous chapters have shown, significant ideas,
canons and tradition, preferences and dominance of
styles, media, and mode of production were the definite
characteristics that segment art history into identifiable
periods and movements of art are themselves testament
to the connection of art and culture in the everyday life.
• This lesson attempts to provide a glimpse of
contemporary art and how it was understood, defined,
and represented, not only within the bounds of the art
world, but also beyond it.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this lesson, students can:
1) Differentiate modern and contemporary art;
2) Show the interrelation of modern and
contemporary art;
3) Isolate and discuss significant historical events
that informed and inspired the different
movements under contemporary art; and;
4) Classify specific artworks into the different
movements under contemporary art.
Defining Contemporary
• The term “contemporary” seems simple and straightforward
enough to define.
• There is this assumption that it need not to asked; rather, that
it must already be understood.
• But with an attempt to do so, one kinds it a lot harder to
grasp.
• The complexity of defining the term is attributed to the fact
that people have dissenting views on the interpretation of the
“present”, of “today”, or what the “now” means – these are
often ideas that follow the word contemporary.
• Even more so, is when it is hinged on the word “art” and
suddenly it becomes a bit fuzzy.
Social Context: In
Between Modern
and Contemporary
Art
Contemporary Art
• Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of
the 20th century or in the 21st century.
• Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally
diverse, and technologically advancing world.
• Their art is a dynamic combination of materials, methods, concepts,
and subjects that continue the challenging of boundaries that was
already well underway in the 20 th century.
• Diverse and eclectic, contemporary art as a whole is distinguished by
the very lack of a uniform, organizing principle, ideology, or “-ism”.
• Contemporary art is part of a cultural dialogue that concerns larger
contextual frameworks such as personal and cultural identity,
family, community, and nationality.
Caught in Between: Modern and
Contemporary Art
Social Context: In Between Modern
and Contemporary Art
Modern Art Contemporary Art

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