Contemporary Art: Performance & Conceptual 1970-2010
Contemporary art, including performance and conceptual art from 1970-2010, pushes boundaries with non-traditional materials and mediums. Artists like Gilbert & George, Marina Abramovic, and Alastair MacLennan have made significant contributions to these genres. Performance art involves artists becoming the artwork itself, using their bodies as the medium. Conceptual art focuses on the importance of ideas over traditional aesthetics, with planning and concepts taking precedence. Explore the dynamic world of contemporary art through this insightful overview.
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Contemporary Art - Performance and Conceptual 1970-2010
What is Contemporary Art? Contemporary means of our time (now); defined as Art made after 1940. It is art made with non traditional materials; contemporary art uses all kinds of media: any and every material; installation, video, land art. It does not have to be shown inside a gallery. The idea is often as important as the work; it is intended to make you think.
What is Performance Art? Performance art is where the artist becomes the art work. Performance art is time based, lasts for a set duration and is only experienced by those who see it. Instead of using traditional materials to get a message across, performance artists use their own bodies.
Performance Artists Gilbert&George Marina Abramovic Alastair MacLennan
Gilbert & George Gilbert Proesch and George Passmore are two artists who work together as a collaborative duo called Gilbert & George. They first performed The Singing Sculpture in 1970. Known for their formal appearance and manner, they also make brightly coloured graphic-style photo-based artwork.
Marina Abromovic New York based Serbian artist Marina Abromovic began her career in the1970s. Her work explores the relationship between performer and audience, the limits of the body and the possibilities of the mind. For over a decade she made collaborative work with German performance artist Ulay.
Alastair MacLennan Belfast based Performance artist Alastair MacLennan is currently Research Professor of Fine Art at the University of Ulster. During the 1970s and 1980s he made long durational performances of up to 144 hours without eating or sleeping. The subject matter of his work includes political, social and cultural malfunction.
What is Conceptual Art? Conceptual art is art in which the concepts or the ideas are the most important and take precedence. All the planning and ideas are decided beforehand. Conceptual art emerged as a movement in the 1960s. Conceptual artists are anti art as a commodity .
Conceptual Artists Richard Long Jenny Holzer Sophie Calle
Richard Long British artist Richard Long makes art by walking in a landscape and taking photographs of sculptures made along the way. His work is concerned with, walking and marking locality, with time, distance, measurement and mobility. He works with natural raw materials, (such as rock, stone, sand), in the reality of his chosen space.
Jenny Holzer Jenny Holzer is an American conceptual artist who uses words and ideas in public spaces. These include billboards, projections on buildings and illuminated electronic displays. Text based light projections often speak of violence, oppression, sexuality, power, war and death. Her main concern is to high light something hidden; to enlighten her audience.
Sophie Calle Sophie Calle is a French writer/photographer/installation and conceptual artist. Her work examines human vulnerability, identity and intimacy. She is known for her ability to follow strangers and investigate their private lives. Her piece take care of yourself , explored the break up of her relationship with Gregoire Bouiller.
PDST Professional Development Service for Teachers Acknowledgements Many thanks to the following for their invaluable contribution to the European Art History and Appreciation series of workshops and resource materials. Art Associates Maria Moore Margaret O Shea Local Facilitator Team Aine Andrews Joe Caslin Jane Campbell Siobhan Campbell Niamh O Donoghue Niamh O Neill Keith O Rahilly Sheena McKeon Tony Morrissey Monica White
PDST Professional Development Service for Teachers Cultural & Environmental Education Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST) Dublin West Education Centre, Old Blessington Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24 National Co-ordinator ConorHarrison Mobile: 087 240 5710 E-mail: conorharrison@pdst.ie Administrator Angie Grogan Tel: 014528018 Fax: 014528010 E-mail: angiegrogan@pdst.ie. The PDST is funded by the Department of Education and Skills under the National Development Plan 2007 - 2013
