The art of late 20th century and early 21st century.
Art made after 1970 or works of art made by living artists. A loose term that at times overlaps with Modern Art, many museums specialize in showing art by living artists in isolation while other institutions show contemporary art along with works dating back thousands of years. Unlike Modern Art, contemporary art is not defined by a succession of periods, schools, or styles.
Artistic work from the present era that uses the current practices and styles of its discipline.
Generally defined as art that has been produced since the second half of the twentieth century.
The art of late 20 th century and early 21 st century, both an outgrowth and a rejection of modern art. As the force and vigor of abstract expressionism diminished, new artistic movements and styles arose during the 1960s and 1970s to challenge and displace modernism in painting, sculpture, and other media. To be able to identify a contemporary painting as a valuable object, it is necessary to have fantasy, exhilaration and vision into the future.
Generally defined as art which was produced during the second half of the twentieth century.
"Contemporary art" refers to recently produced visual art. As it is newly made, it follows that it is also unevaluated as concerns its deeper meaning, if indeed any deeper meaning exists. Contemporary art can, of course, be described in superficial terms.