The somewhat provocative title of this brief essay points to a critical issue / problem
in contemporary art in general; and moreover, the sub-discipline of Painting.
This is still the case, but in recent years there has been an increasing desire among private collectors to build and establish their own museums that can rival not only other private collections but also public museums in terms of acquisitions, exhibition making and the knowledge production
around contemporary art in general.
Based on various contemporary international and local, aesthetic, social and political issues Tranen seek to be an open platform for debate and reflection
on contemporary art in general.
Mergel is more than satisfied with the accommodations the museum made for the installation: «It is a piece that, regardless of one's knowledge of Marclay or one's familiarity
with contemporary art in general, can engage visitors across the spectrum.»
As Irving Sandler rather argues, the lack of real «polemics» in art today — not merely in painting, but
in contemporary art in general — makes it harder on today's artists» careers compared to artists who lived in times when artists publicly thrashed out their «positions» on art and aligned themselves with art movements.
The Icelandic artist's work gives performance art, and
contemporary art in general, a good rep.. His actions, musical scores, films and paintings are reminiscent of the repetitious, contemplative tone of Bill Viola's video work as well as Anselm Kiefer's multimedia, existential reflections on the creative «self» and on cultural inheritance.
He has written extensively on Conceptual and
contemporary art in general, including the Survey text for Luc Tuymans, also published by Phaidon.
The hosts are always available for conversations with our visitors, and will answer all questions whether it is about the current exhibitions, specific artworks or
contemporary art in general.
They are also available to answer any questions about the current exhibitions, specific artworks or
contemporary art in general.
Many observers assume that
contemporary art in general is conceptual: low on pleasure, high on idea, or at least rant.
Artists will discuss the impact of minimalism on their work,
contemporary art in general, and the influence of some of the artists exhibiting in the current exhibition, «Aspects of Minimalism.»
Since the beginning of the 1970s Deacon has written extensively on his own practice and in relation to
contemporary art in general.
With an extensive and insightful critical essay by curator Robert Storr, a recent interview with the artist, a chronology, an exhibition history and nearly 300 color and duotone reproductions, Gerhard Richter: Forty Years of Painting marks a significant contribution to the understanding of
contemporary art in general, and Gerhard Richter in particular.
Last but not least, who could forget the darling, not just of «post-internet», but of
contemporary art in general.
These types of deliberations are only one part of the enormously important movement within conceptual art, highlighting the connection between political and art, which largely influences
the contemporary art in general.
I consider this book about social practices, essential reading to understand not only the transformation of public art in the 1990s, but
contemporary art in general in these last decades.