ELEMENTS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS

• On April 9th, 1917, just over 100 years ago, Marcel Duchamp achieved what was perhaps the most brilliant and absurd art event of the 20th century. 
• ELEMENTS OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS

  • APPROPRIATION  - Existing artworks are appropriated to produce another artwork. Usage of prints, images, and icons to produce another art form. Combines past with the present. Revives interest in existing forms of art.
• • PERFORMANCE - Performance evolved to “emphasize spontaneous elements of chance”. Interpreting various human activities such as ordinary activities such as chores, routines and rituals, to socially relevant themes such as poverty, commercialism and war.
• • SPACE - Arts transforming space. Site specific art forms – art form that is performed and positioned in a specific space such as public places. For example, flash mobs, art installations in malls and parks.
• • HYBRIDITY - Usage of unconventional materials, mixing of unlikely materials to produce an artwork. 
• • TECHNOLOGY - Usage of technology in the creation and dissemination of art works.