How to enjoy contemporary art: Some explanations to help you (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

Contemporary art is becoming ever more popular but can be difficult to understand. Joe Nagle's straightforward, and entertaining book offers many explanations that will help you. It explores: how to interpret and engage with contemporary art; how today's artists approach the making of their art; how to appreciate the wide variety of contemporary art; how to find your own way in today's art world, and more. He examines the practices of over thirty world renowned artists using over forty coloured illustrations of their works, and explains many of the misconceptions surrounding contemporary art. If you wish to learn how to enjoy contemporary art, this book will also help you: To discover how to look for multiple interpretations and add your own. To realise how much art has changed over the past century. To find your feet in the art world. To enhance your enjoyment of contemporary art. To have the odd laugh while you are reading it. Do you find contemporary art confusing and difficult to understand? How often do you attend art exhibitions but come away frustrated and feeling inadequate? Would you like to be better able to engage with, and interpret contemporary art? Would you like to have it explained in a clear and straightforward language? If so, then this book can help you. Issues From Contemporary Art Addressed In How To Enjoy... Book How photography forced artists to seek alternative forms of expression Some features of contemporary painting Contemporary drawing, photography and sculpture Conceptual art and Pop art Feminism and Performance art Installation and Land art Video art and new visual media Elitism, snobbery and cultural capital  Special Section On The Role Of The Artist Where did the “artist” evolved from; their role in society; Community and Participatory art versus “art for arts sake;” skill versus content; becoming an artist and the determinants of an artist's reputation. Throughout the book there is an examination of the work of a wide variety of contemporary artists (with an interesting display of coloured images of their works) including such renowned as: Maurizio Cattelan, Kara Walker, Sean Scully, Anish Kapoor, Ai Waiwai, Cildo Meireles, Cindy Sherman, Antony Gormley, Yayoi Kusama, Grayson Perry, Bill Viola, Pipilotti Rist, Peter Doig, Judy Chicago, Olafur Eliasson, and many more. Special Section On The Workings Of The Art World It explains how to make your way through the labrinth of galleries, biennales and art fairs. The motivations of the collector and how art has become a commodity where the price is largely determined by supply and demand. It explains Cultural capital and examines snobbery and elitism in the art world. So what is contemporary art? For the purposes of this book, contemporary art is taken as art from around the 1980s to the present day. It deals with, and reflects, the issues of contemporary society, to help us better understand ourselves and the world we live in. Through the visual medium, using materials and concepts, contemporary artists challenge existing conventions, assumptions and methods in an effort to find new ways of viewing and perceiving the world. Artists strive to show us new ways of comprehending the world we inhabit. Of course, in practice, as time passes, all contemporary art becomes historical. Contemporary art is about much more than just the artworks we view in the gallery as it also encompasses the wider art world and this book takes the broader view.             A Personal Note From The Author. For many years I visited contemporary art galleries and often left frustrated and confused. As a result, I embarked on a mission to learn about contemporary art. After many years of study and working as an artist, I decided to write this book to pass on to you what I have learnt. I hope my explanations will give you a greater understanding, and enhance your enjoyment of contemporary art.