SUBJECT MATTER AND STYLE IN CONTEMPORARY ART

• Subject matter: an inspiration of artwork, meaning of artwork, theme of an artwork.
• Subject Matter: not just confined in just representing humans
• Subject matter: also a technique itself
• Abstract Expressionism: Is an art style in which the artist applies paint, in manner that expresses emotions and feelings in a spontaneous way.
• Abstract Expressionism: The figures may be heavy in lines and color without solid mass.
• Abstract Expressionism: post-WW2 art Movement, 1940s. Was developed by different American Artists such as Jackson Pollock
• Op Art or Optical Art: Uses lines or images repeatedly to create an optical illusion.
• Op Art: form of abstract art that uses different pattern, often done in black and white colors.
• Op art: gives hidden images
• Kinetic Art: Is a sculpture that may be moved by the wind or powered by a machine or electricity.
• Performance Art: Combines a variety of media and the human body to execute an artistic theatrical expression performed before a live audience.
• Performance Art: exhibition created through action performed in public
• Environmental Art: Involves the artistic creation or manipulation of space such as landscape or architectural design that may be enclose its audience.
• Environmental Art: to preserve sceneries; loof for the beauty of the environment; landscapes, seascapes, architecture
• Feminist Art: Emerged from concerns of female artists expressed through art.
• Feminist Art: They tackle issues of identity, sexuality, gender roles, equality, and the ways in which the female is treated in society, among others.
• Minimalism: Has stripped down, prefabricated look, free of details, and often with a flat surface, but expresses a specific content or statement.
• Minimalism: Simplicity is Beauty
• Video Art: Consists of images that are recorded through a video and viewed through television, computer, or projection screen.
• Graffiti Art: is a drawing, inscription, or sketch done hastily on a wall or other surface made to be seen by the public.
• Graffiti Art: also called vandal art, if there was no permission to paint. Mural if it has purpose
• Postmodern Art: Carries modern styles to extreme practices, often expressing an idea through a mix of materials such a found objects welded together.
• Body Art: is an art form that uses the body as the medium or main material.
• Body Art: It can be painted or clothed and used for art performance in public.
• Body Art: Tattooing and piercing are examples of this
• Digital Art: Is done with the aid of a computer to create an image or design composed of bits and bytes.
• Digital Art: The image can be printed on paper, tarpaulin, or other mediums.