Contemporary Art
ART ENHANCED BY TECHNOLOGY TRADITIONAL SKILLS/ENVIRONMENT CHALLENGED ARTISTS APPROPRIATE WORKS FROM THE PAST ARTISTS CAME FROM A MULTITUDE OF BACKGROUNDS, NOT JUST THE TRADITIONAL WHITE HETEROSEXUAL MALE MORE VENUES FOR DISPLAYING ART; GALLERIES, EXHIBITS INVENTION OF TELEVISION; GLOBAL ISSUES MORE KNOWN ISSUES: RACISM, THE ENVIRONMENT, WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION; RESULTS IN TENSE ATMOSPHERE ARTISTS QUICK TO PICK UP SOCIAL/POLITICAL ISSUES ARTISTS EXPLOIT MATERIALS VIDEO PROJECTIONS, COMPUTER GRAPHICS, SOUND INSTALLATIONS, FIBERGLASS PRODUCTS, LASERS MODERN ARCHITECTURE COMPUTERS REVOLUTIONIZED THE PROCESS; DIFFICULT CONCEPTS BECAME EASIER TO ACHIEVE INNOVATIVE MATERIALS; PREVIOUS ARCHITECTURAL TRADITIONS/CONVENTIONS NEGLECTED DARK INTERIORS NO LONGER POPULAR; NATURAL LIGHT SUPPLEMENTED BY ARTIFICIAL LIGHT BECAME THE STANDARD MODERN FASCINATION WITH GLASS MODERN PAINTING AND SCULPTURE OIL ON CANVAS PREFERRED MEDIUM ACRYLIC PAINT DEVELOPED TAKE LITTLE TIME TO DRY, D