The Art History Archive - Modern Art
Contemporary Art is art that has been made during the last 40 years, usually by an artist who is still alive and actively making art. Determining which artists from the last 40 years deserve attention is the difficult trick.
"Modern Art" differentiates from contemporary art in that modern art is essentially any artwork made using modern techniques and materials, and is usually more abstract. Specific styles like "Abstract Expresionism" is an example of modern art. "Postmodern Art" or "Postmodernism" is artwork that uses modern techniques, but is more realistic and usually made after 1970. "Pop Art" is an example of postmodernism.
Influenced by idealism in the Mystical, Visionary and Esoteric traditions, the artist describes his work as a contemporary Tantric or Transfigurative art that explores the dramatic union of the sensual and spiritual.
Victoria Van Dyke explains why she likes making art and poetry about cannibalism.
Victoria Van Dyke chops off her little toe, sticks it in a jar and calls it art. But is it art?
Daniel Edwards sculpts Britney Spears naked and pregnant in a bizarre anti-abortion sculpture.
Transhumanists explain the goals behind making digital art dealing with biology and technology.
Daniel Edwards is back again and this time he's taking punches at Hillary Clinton by making a bust sculpture of Clinton in a lacy bra.
Senegalese painter spans African and American art, exploring African heritage and the American jazz scene.
Iraqi surrealist painter, Muayad Muhsin, has painted a rather unflattering portrait of U.S. Defense Secretary, Donald H. Rumsfeld. Muhsin’s surrealism is not informed by dreams and the unconsciousness mind, but by the horrors and barbarity of war.
1961-2000: Jewish-American artist Lilith Adler died at the height of her artistic career. She left behind writings/musings on individual pieces and topics. In life she was a staunch supporter of people thinking for themselves (as opposed to religious/racial brainwashing), lesbian/gay marriages, feminism and women's rights.
Beginning in 1976, Nagel began contributing regularly to Playboy, which extended the exposure and popularity of "the Nagel Woman" to a huge and loyal audience. In 1978, he created his first poster image for Mirage Editions. He also painted the cover of rock group Duran Duran's Rio album, which later became a top selling album.
Nudes, portraits and more by acclaimed British painter Lucian Freud. Supermodel Kate Moss, Queen Elizabeth II, celebrities and a plethora of nudes.
In addition to being a movie director, producer, author and actor (Spock from Star Trek), Leonard Nimoy has been a professional photographer for 40 years. His topic of choice? Nude women.
Cindy Sherman, as an artist and also as a photographer she is amongst the best. She is widely regarded as one of the top ten most influential artists of the 20th Century. Her work is in many cases provocative, has a tendency to tell a story or depict a particular scene, and in her later work, tends to be quite graphic, grotesque and just plain disgusting.
Lilith Gallery Contemporary Artists