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Early 21st century hyperrealism was founded on the aesthetic principles of photorealism. American painter Denis Peterson , whose pioneering works are universally viewed as an offshoot of photorealism, first used [ 5 ] "hyperrealism" to apply to the new movement and its splinter group of artists.
Art from the past 20 years is very likely to be included, and definitions often include art going back to about 1970; [5] "the art of the late 20th and early 21st century"; [6] "both an outgrowth and a rejection of modern art"; [7] "Strictly speaking, the term 'contemporary art' refers to art made and produced by artists living today"; [8] "Art ...
Like Pablo Picasso's innovative reinventions of painting and sculpture near the turn of the century via Cubism and constructed sculpture, Pollock redefined the way art gets made at the mid-century point. Pollock's move — away from easel painting and conventionality — was a liberating signal to his contemporaneous artists and to all that ...
Lotus painting with overlook perspective is a typical example. Zhi Chen (陈志), a Heaven Style artist, [2] commented that instead of painting those floras using regular perspective such as side view in traditional Chinese painting, Heaven Style painting adopted overlook view, which would give people a feeling of looking down from the sky.
Postmodernism in visual art begins and functions as a parallel to late modernism [3] and refers to that period after the "modern" period called contemporary art. [4] The postmodern period began during late modernism (which is a contemporary continuation of modernism), and according to some theorists postmodernism ended in the 21st century.
Art in the 21st Century is a PBS series about contemporary artists that premiered in 2001. Premiering a new season every two years, Art in the Twenty-First Century is the only series on United States television to focus exclusively on contemporary visual art and artists.
The lack of interest for painting during the nineties influenced the new ways of performing arts (performance, land-art, body art, etc.) and the expressive possibilities offered by electronic and digital media (installations, video). Elements that make today's art valuable and relevant are collective art practices, participatory aesthetics, and ...