“What is extraordinary about contemporary art is the energy - it has our energy. New energy. Pieces hundreds of years old are beautiful from an aesthetic point of view, but without our modern energy.” YearsArtBeautifulEnergyViewsPiecesModernArt IsExtraordinaryPoint Of ViewContemporaryAestheticContemporary ArtNew Energy Author:Victor Pinchuk
“One of the great currents in the contemporary experience of art is that it seems to come out of the experience of the author.” ArtSeemsArt IsCurrentsContemporaryContemporary Art Author:Anish Kapoor
“The problem with contemporary art is that no one bothers to do the research necessary to give people what they want.” PeopleWantGivingArtProblemResearchArt IsContemporaryBotherContemporary Art Author:Michael Scott
“You might argue that the history of contemporary art is a series of avant-garde movements, each new wave outraging the last.” ArtMightLastsMovementArt IsSeriesWaveArguingContemporaryAvant GardeContemporary Art Author:Michael Scott
“Contemporary art is an epoch of false money allied with false culture.” ArtCultureArt IsContemporaryEpochContemporary Art Author:Alexander Stoddart
“The basic unit for contemporary art is not the idea, but the analysis of and extension of sensations.” ArtIdeasArt IsContemporaryAnalysisSensationsUnitsExtensionsContemporary Art Author:Susan Sontag
“(...) contemporary art has become a kind of alternative religion for atheists. (...) For many art world insiders and art aficionados of other kinds, concept-driven art is a kind of existencial channel through which they bring meaning to their lives. It demands leaps of faith, but it rewards the believer with a sense of consequence. Moreover, just as churches and other ritualistic meeting places serve a social function, so art events generate a sense of community around shared interests” WorldKindArtSocialInterestCommunityChurchEventsDemandArt IsConceptsConsequenceFunctionMeetingsRewardsAtheistDrivenBelieverContemporaryAlternativesLeapArt WorldLeap Of FaithInsidersContemporary Art Author:Sarah Thornton
“We need to remind ourselves that contemporary art is first of all a form of conceptual gymnastics, in which we learn to coexist with what we don't understand.” NeedsFirstsArtFormArt IsContemporaryGymnasticsCoexistContemporary Art Author:Massimiliano Gioni
“Contemporary art is based on that an artist is supposed to go into art history in the same way as an art historian. When the artist produces something he or she relates to it with the eye of an art historian/critic. I have the feeling that when I am working it is more like working with soap opera or glamour. It is emotional and not art criticism or history of art.” WayArtFeelingsEyeArtistProduceEmotionalArt IsCriticismCriticsContemporaryRelateWorking ItHistorianOperaSoapGlamourArt HistorySoap OperasContemporary Art Author:Odd Nerdrum
“Art is about asking questions and engaging a dialog. By challenging or investigating conventions contemporary art helps promote an on-going sense of discovery, contemplation, and understanding. I think these are all important things.” ThinkingArtImportantHelpingUnderstandingChallengesArt IsDiscoveryAskingImportant ThingsContemporaryContemplationConventionsEngagingAsking QuestionsInvestigatingContemporary Art Author:Kim Anderson
“If Graffiti is art and art is a crime then how come piccaso never done time?” IfsArtDoneCrimeArt IsRapperGraffitiContemporary Art Author:Melvin Glover
“Most people don't like to be confronted with an actual fact-of-life because it's difficult to metabolize. A painting of a bowl of fruit is much easier. It's for the same reason why we don't like going to the doctor. The diagnosis and x-rays are too honest. This is what creates the perception that contemporary art is shocking or suspicious.” PeopleLifeArtReasonFactsDifficultHonestPaintingEasierPerceptionArt IsDoctorsFruitContemporaryReason WhyRaysBowlsShockingSuspiciousDiagnosisFacts Of LifeContemporary Art Author:Adamo Macri
“"Contemporary art" for me is a kind of historical term that describes the 40 years between the Berlin Wall going up and then coming down. I'm not sure who will come up with a better term to describe art, but I think contemporary art is actually done for.” ThinkingYearsKindArtDoneTermWallArt IsHistoricalCome UpContemporaryNot SureBerlinContemporary ArtBerlin Wall Author:Liam Gillick
“There is a small world of people who are very interested in contemporary art and a slightly bigger world of people who look at contemporary art. But then there is a much larger world that doesn't realise how influential art is on things that they actually look at.” PeopleWorldLooksArtArt IsBiggerContemporaryRealisingInfluentialContemporary ArtSmall World Author:Marc Jacobs