L4: Contemporary Art Practices

• APPROPRIATION

  • when an artist creates a new work of art by taking pre-existing images from other sources and modifies and/or incorporates those images with new ones. To appropriate is to borrow.
  • It is like reviving interests to the already prevailing forms of art, allowing the audience to renegotiate the meaning of the initial artwork in the more current one.
• PERFORMANCE ART

  • is a modern craftsmanship which regularly increases drama, often acting and development to extremes of expression and continuity that are not allowed within the theater.
  • Words are rarely noticeable, while music and commotions of different kinds are common.
  • This usually interprets different human activities.
• SPACE

  • distances or areas surrounding, within, and within the components of an item.
• NEGATIVE SPACE

  • the empty spaces the artist has created around, between and within the subjects.
• POSITIVE SPACE

  • the subject of the piece itself. This is depicted as the flower vase on the example photo.
• HYBRIDITY

  • the use of unusual materials to produce an artwork.
  • at the most basic level, implies the mixing of two or more elements to create a third.
• TECHNOLOGY ART

  • Also known as New Media
  • it involves the application of computer technology as an essential part of the creative process and production.
• CONTEMPORARY ART PRACTICES

  1. Appropriation
  2. Performance Art
  3. Space
  4. HYBRIDITY
  5. Technology Art