Contemporary art is a vast and complex field representing artists, ideas, and trends from every imaginable cultural and geographical background. This book introduces the art of our times by taking the reader through a tour of some seventy examples from the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Thematic chapters present artistic categories, concepts, and propositions that have been prevalent since the mid-1950s and offer a path toward understanding the different subjects, forms, styles, purposes, and techniques of contemporary art. Some, such as 'portrait', are long-standing notions in the history of art; others, such as 'site' or 'borrowed', raise provocative questions and may be less immediately obvious. But it is the works of art themselves - brilliantly conceived by some of the most creative minds of our times - that make the case for embracing contemporary media in all its diversity.
- | Author: Al Miner, Liz Munsell
- | Publisher: Mfa Publications, Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston
- | Publication Date: Jan 26, 2016
- | Number of Pages: 176 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback/Art
- | ISBN-10: 0878468161
- | ISBN-13: 9780878468164
