Subject Matter and Styles in Contemporary Art

• Abstract Expressionism


  -expresses emotions and feelings in a spontaneous way

  -may be heavy lines and color without mass

  -Jose Joya, Lee Aguinaldo
• Kinetic Art


  sculptures that may be moved by the wind or by machine or electricity
• OP Art 


  uses lines or images repeatedly to make optical illusions
• Performance Art


  combines media and human body to execute artistic theatrical expressions
• Environmental Art


  -creation of space such as landscape that may enclose its audience

  -earthwork
• Feminist Art


  tackle issues on identity, sexuality, and gender roles
• Minimalism


  stripped-down, prefabricated look free from details and often with flat surfaces
• Video Art


  images recorded and viewed from a screen
• Graffiti Art


  drawing, inscription, or sketch done hastily on the wall made to be seen by the public
• Postmodern Art


  -carries modern styles to extreme practices

  -expresses idea thru mix of materials such as found objects welded together
• Body Art


  -uses body as the medium of main material

  -tattoing and piercing
• Digital Art


  -done with the use of computers to create an image or design composed of bits and bytes

  -can be printed on paper, tarpaulin, or other medium