Tag: Contemporary

I’ve always been interested in social commentary through art. The subtleties of cartoonists and illustrators first piqued my interest in my teen years as I began to realize that there were messages within the art and illustration. Early influences were Norman Rockwell, Charles Schultz, Gary Tr...

Often hailed as “the greatest realist artist alive,” the impact that master painter Antonio López García has had on realist art today is undeniable. Beneath the man’s mild-mannered warmth and humble charm, exists a real tour-de-force. Artists all over the wo...

Chinese contemporary art is synonymous today with the works of artists such as one of China’s pioneering abstract artist Zhu Jingshi, award-winning beeswax sculpting artist Ren Ri and veteran member of avant garde art collective Ma Kelu. All three artists have been internat...

Hey there, art enthusiasts and aficionados! Welcome to a swirling vortex of pixels, paint, and postmodern paradoxes! Today, we’re diving into the electrifying universe of contemporary art — yes, art so fresh you can almost smell the wet paint and digital pixie dust! We’ve got a sho...

The affective understanding of “hysteria” has twists and turns in its historic origin as well as in its contemporary manifestations, either in a colloquial or a capitalist sense. It is puzzling to wonder how we have arrived to its use as a term signifying that one is “frenzied, fra...

I believe that artwork is an excellent means to express one’s political viewpoints and opinions on controversial or important societal issues. Art has the power to draw attention from the public to these issues. What makes artworks particularly effective for conveying opinions is that they oft...

With a tradition spanning thousands of years and an artistic evolution that predates the renaissance in Europe by many hundreds of years, the role of Chinese art in human history is well established. And during the last three decades Chinese contemporary art and artists have also firmly arrived in t...

It seems that many people find it hard to enjoy contemporary art. So this time, I will introduce some of the wonderful exhibitions I encountered on my recent trip to Colchester, with a few hints on how to enjoy contemporary art. Well, if you read this and think, “Wow, that’s an intere...

“Ultra-contemporary” has been thrown around in the art world for several months now, but it’s significance has been brought forth once again following the Frieze London art fair. Let’s dive into what it means how the impact it has on the art market. What is ultra-cont...

This year, in honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, the museum recognizes the array of diversity within the myriad AAPI identities and cultures. The recently opened Korean art rotation Creating Urgency: Modern and Contemporary Korean Art offers artworks surrou...

“When you’re looking at two things, don’t look at them, look between them.” –John Baldessari Note: This is a curatorial statement written in conjunction with an exhibition I curated title “Slippage.” If you find yourself in New York City this...

Introduction Modern art remains a mystery to most people — critics, artists and the general public — even after 150 years. This is because everyone believes, deep down, that ‘art’ is really the same thing as ‘classical fine art’, and they find it almost impossi...

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A great book about Drawing by Claire Gilman and Roger Malbert called " Drawing in the present tense explores the vitality of contemporary drawing by looking at its diversity across seventy-four artists from around the world. Wonderful color photos from artists all over the world. Each artist ho...

oday, no one denies the crucial role of art in his everyday life. From the music we listen to and all kinds of books, articles and content we read every day to various paintings hung on the walls, sculptures and constructions that are related to different eras in the cities and movies and theaters w...

Nicola Samori paints renaissance-style painting and sculpture with a contemporary twist: portions of the images are disfigured. Through melting, scratching, or other forms of destruction Samori degenerates what could otherwise be conceivably a Rembrandt or Caravaggio. In this reversal of representat...

Over the past decade, there has been an increased curatorial interest in the resurgence of craft techniques alongside a spotlight on 20th- and 21st-century artists using materials such as ceramic and woven fibre. However, not all materials have received due attention. Leather is a ubiquitous, organi...

Abstract art is an ever-evolving, dynamic, and experimental art form that has captured the attention of art enthusiasts and creators alike. With its innovative use of modern colours, brushes, and pencils, abstract art has grown to become a significant force in the contemporary art wor...

Kravitz Contemporary presents Figure This, a two-part project in close collaboration with UK-based patrons of the arts, the Kowitz Family, and the Noldor Art Residency in Ghana. Featuring six international artists from underrepresented backgrounds, the project serves as a testament to Kravitz Contem...

Often hailed as “the greatest realist artist alive,” the impact that master painter Antonio López García has had on realist art today is undeniable. Beneath the man’s mild-mannered warmth and humble charm, exists a real tour-de-force. Artists all over the wo...

According to the Harvard Business Law Review, it has been estimated that inefficient contracting results in firms losing between 5% — 40% of value on a given deal. Thus, AI could constitute the next phase in the evolution of contracts from paper-based contracts to online word documents an...

The engawa (縁側) is a strip of decking, often finished in wood or bamboo, that exist between the periphery of the Japanese house and the garden, covered by the part of eaves that extend from the moya. Its reoccurrence in all kinds of art form, ranging from Japanese traditional wood...

In the dynamic realm of contemporary fashion, the burgeoning trend of integrating cosplay into everyday attire offers a compelling lens through which to explore the intersections of narrative, identity, and style. Cosplay, a term coined from the fusion of “costume” and “p...

Block printing, an ancient textile art form with roots dating back centuries, has played a pivotal role in shaping the cultural fabric of societies worldwide. As the fashion world continues to evolve, so does the practice of block printing. Block printing traces its origins to ancient civili...