Essays on Contemporary Art

Some of us might enjoy admiring art, some of us have no clue as to what it means and if you are a curious soul, you might want to know what it means. Art is, when boiled down to a basic meaning, a means of communication and each artist has a language of his own...

Modern day art can be described as a spiritual by virtue of its revelatory, revitalising and contemplative capacities. However rather than reminiscing on the relationship between modern day art and religion, one should ponder on, the nature of the dialogue between art and spirituality, how do the two come together and what form and medium...

I will be looking at the relation and concerns between social contexts and contemporary art. There have been so many pieces of contemporary artwork that can be related to social contexts. These pieces often referred to and understood as social art. These pieces can send powerful messages via the social platform, they can be interpreted...

Pop Art Pop Art was a new art movement of the late 1950s and 1960s in England and US which followed Abstract Expressionism. This era used mass-produced items and images which had a powerful impact on modern life. The specific popular commodities were used to show that it is possible to create high art from...

Analyse three aspects of Happenings and discuss their impact on contemporary art. ‘Making something happen.’ (Lang, 2019) Happenings across Europe and America have had a huge impact on contemporary art and artists today such as London based contemporary artist Anne Hardy. Happenings began in the 1960’s and aimed to merge art and life whilst also...

For some of us, art is a means of catharsis, for some, it is good to look at, but for some of the curious souls, understanding what it means is still a mystery. When we say ‘art’, the traditional artworks, like the Mona Lisa, or the Picasso might pop up in our heads, for people...