What Was Contemporary Art? by Richard Meyer

What Was Contemporary Art? Richard Meyer ebook
Format: pdf
ISBN: 9780262528931
Page: 376
Publisher: MIT Press

Art21 defines contemporary art as the work of artists who are living in the twenty-first century. Richard Meyers on Contemporary Art's implications for art history. It is one of only a few fairs to focus exclusively on contemporary art and living artists. The Frieze Art Fair in London opens to the public today. Contemporary art in the early twenty-first century is often discussed as if the very idea of art that is contemporary is new. What do we mean when we say contemporary art? Institute titled "The Short History of Contemporary Art." The conversations held over Moore at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston: and Tracey Schuster. Contemporary refers to the now, the present moment, so at any point in history, the making of new art is always contemporary. By Daisy Yuhas February 22, 2007. Contemporary art in the early twenty-first century is often discussed as though it were a radically new phenomenon unmoored from history. Richard Meyer has written an incisive book about “Contemporary Art” as a field whose meaning eludes precise categorization. Contemporary art is art produced at the present period in time.