Tag: contemporaryart

Contemporary / conceptual art can be difficult to understand. This can help you.

"Untitled" (Portrait of Ross in L.A) in the Art Institute of Chicago

And by this, I mean this piece by Sherri Irvin: Contemporary art is made out of rules that mobilise us to act. It rightly states that…

Conceptual art often confounds. The key is to understand the rules of the artwork and the aesthetic experiences they yield.

She says conceptual art has three sets of rules:

  1. rules for display
  2. rules for conservation
  3. rules for participation

I agree. If you understand those rules, you can better understand works like the one above, Untitled (Portrait of Ross in LA) (1991) by Félix González-Torres. (One of my favorites.) Now you may not grasp everything the artist is trying to express, but you will get closer to it.

I highly recommend her essay. It should open up such work to you the next time you encounter it in a museum or elsewhere.

(Image linked to in the article and is courtesy of Wikipedia)

The Most Influential Artists of 2019 according to Artsy

It seems every year the website Artsy puts together a list of artists who were recently influential. The lists are always interesting, mixing artists you likely heard of (e.g., Jeff Koons) and others you may hear more of.  It’s a great way to find out what artists are making a difference right now.

I had not heard of Mrinalini Mukherjee before. (Not that I even pretend to know everything about the current art world.) But I am glad to have discovered her for myself. Go here and learn more for yourself: The Most Influential Artists of 2019 – Artsy

(Image about is of Mukherjee and a featured work of hers.)