Characteristics of Contemporary Art ( Ramirez, 2016) Flashcards
The artworks from this genre can also be found in galleries, art schools, side streets, and public spaces like train or bus stations, and even shopping centers or parks.
It is not confined in the museum.
Due to the increase in internet and social media usage in our country, people who sell artworks also went “online” to increase their sales. It allows individuals, who have access to Internet, to view and purchase the artwork regardless of their location.
It practices a different way of selling art works.
Concerned with the development of their talent and skills in art-making, thy study on their own, interact with artists and read a lot about lives of artists and their artworks. They also explore materials in hardware stores, experiment with chemical reactions, and study welding and simple engineering skills.
Many contemporary artists are self-taught and did not have formal education.
Access to different kinds of materials has expanded the choice of artists. The problem of weight has also been solved by technology, which has given artists enough flexibility and liberty to combine art materials with found objects.
It has a variety of materials or medium to choose from.
This is practiced by conceptual artists, who use principles of physics and technology of construction to form their artworks.
Its artists sometimes employ the help of fabricators, carpenters, electricians, or welders in “constructing” artworks.
An artist can get another artist’s work and redesign it using different materials. For example, Juan Luna’s Spolarium was interpreted in the context of mall culture in the present time by Steve Santos, Ross Capili, Jose Tence Ruiz, Archie Degamo, George Cabig, Heber Bartolome, Nelson Viterbo, and Art Suarez in their collaborative digital work Malliarium.
Originality is not an issue in this type of art.
It is not how much money the artists make out of the final outwork but the experience while they are doing it that matters most. They put more value to transmittal of the artwork’s message than to the compensation that they will receive for the piece.
It is the process, rather than sale, which is essential in contemporary art-making.
