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1、ContemporaryContemporary artartContemporaryContemporary artart can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collec
2、tions as consisting of art produced since World War II.Contemporary art is exhibited by commercial contemporary art galleries, private collectors, corporations, publicly funded arts organizations, contemporary art museums or by artists themselves in artist-run spaces. Contemporary artists are suppor
3、ted by grants, awards and prizes as well as by direct sales of their work.There are close relationships between publicly funded contemporary art organisations and the commercial sector. For instance, in Britain a handful of dealers represent the artists featured in leading publicly funded contempora
4、ry art museums. Individual collectors can wield considerable influence. Charles Saatchi dominated the contemporary art market in Britain during the 1980s and the 1990s; the subtitle of the 1999 book Young British Artists: The Saatchi Decade uses the name of the private collector to define an entire
5、decade of contemporary art productionCorporations have attempted to integrate themselves into the contemporary art world: exhibiting contemporary art within their premises, organising and sponsoring contemporary art awards and building up extensive collections of corporatecorporate artart.At any one
6、 time a particular place or group of artists can have a strong influence on globally produced contemporary art; for instance New York artists in the 1980s. This table lists art movements by decade. It should not be assumed to be conclusive.1950s1950sAbstract Expression ism American Figurative Expres
7、sion ism Bay Area Figurative Movement Lyrical Abstractio n New York Figurative Expression ism New York School 1960s1960sAbstract expressionism American Figurative Expressionism Abstract Imagists Bay Area Figurative Movement Color field Computer art Conceptual art Fluxus Happenings Hard-edge painting
8、 Lyrical Abstraction Minimalism Neo-Dada New York School Nouveau Ralisme Op Art Performance art Pop Art Postminimalism Washington Color School Kinetic art 1970s1970sArte Povera Bad Painting Body art Artists book Feminist art Installation art Land Art Photorealism Postminimalism Video art Pattern and
9、 Decoration 1980s1980sAppropriation art Electronic art Figuration Libre Graffiti Art Live art Postmodern art Neo-conceptual art Neo-expressionism Neo-pop Sound art Video installation 1990s1990sCyberarts Digital Art Information art Internet art Maximalism New media art Software art New European Painting Young British Artists 2000s2000sClassical realism Street art Superflat Videogam e art Virtual
