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What is a contemporary artist?

Contemporary art can refer to both "contemporary period" art and "contemporary consciousness" or "contemporary form" art.

Contemporary art refers to the art created by people living in the present era. Contemporary art can refer to the art of the "contemporary period", that is, the art that appeared in the second half of the 20th century after the end of the modernism period, including painting, sculpture, photography, installation, performance and video recording. Contemporary art can also refer to art with "contemporary consciousness" or "contemporary form", which is expressed through various artistic experiments and forms.

Artists convey ideas and express opinions, which are no longer limited to aesthetic considerations. Related art movements and schools include pop art, concept art, earth art and poverty art. Contemporary art has the characteristics of globality, cultural diversity, social intervention and technical relevance.

The Historical Origin of Contemporary Art

The origin of contemporary art can be traced back to the fountain created by Duchamp with urinals in the 1960s. After World War II, modernism turned to postmodernism, which opened the curtain of contemporary art.

The arts that emerged in the 1960s and 1970s include pop art, conceptual art, performance art, surfing art, installation art, video art, earth art and so on. The arts that emerged in the 1980s and 1990s include new expressionism, new pop art, new avant-garde art, new media art and so on. In the new millennium, the above-mentioned art forms are still developing, and more art forms, such as immersion art and NFT art, appear, and the relationship between art and identity, science and technology, society and culture is getting closer and closer.