Modern Contemporary

Bing: The terms “modern” and “contemporary” have different meanings. “Modern” refers to the present time or the recent past, and can be used to describe anything that has occurred as far back as the 16th century. “Contemporary” refers to what’s happening or beginning now or in recent times, and is a more precise description for recent work. In design, “modern” refers to designs created in the early to mid-20th century, while “contemporary” refers to present-day designs

Arrêt Libéraux

One day from a land not far away to the king’s court came a painter already known and admired for his skills.  He was very much surprised when learned about the powerful gild of painters, since in his land there was not such a guild and painters were free. When he told the king about this, king immediately assembled his council and issued a decree that painting is not a craft but a liberal art thus free of any guild. It is after this decree that the painting instead of being a skill became a product of the mind.  It no more belonged to the glass or cabinet making and slowly became associated with poetry and even philosophy.

Modern Art Tales by AI Artisan

As the world of art continued to expand, new technologies emerged that allowed artists to merge the physical and digital worlds. “Augmented Reality Art” allowed viewers to experience works of art in a new and immersive way, overlaying digital elements onto the real world. “Mixed Reality Art” took this even further, creating fully interactive works of art that responded to the viewer’s movements and actions.

But amidst all this innovation and progress, some artists began to question the role of technology in art. They longed for a return to the tactile and physical nature of traditional art forms, and thus a new movement was born – “Analog Renaissance.” Artists utilized materials such as wood, stone, and metal to create works that were both timeless and contemporary, paying homage to the traditions of the past while embracing the possibilities of the future.

Original and Copy

“While the object of Mondrian’s interest can be read from the original painting, the same could not be said for its copy.” A copy is a painting by all its properties, but its idea is outside the painting itself…” “If the original is worthless (like the “Harbingers of the Apocalypse”), does that imply that its copy is also worthless?… I consider the copies of the “Harbingers of the Apocalypse” to be more important than the original, although they do not differ at all.”     “I think that questions such as the relationship between original and copy, truth and falsehood, sense and nonsense, are legitimate subjects of philosophical consideration.  I believe that this paper (“A Philosophical Treatise on Absurdity”) could raise the question of the exclusivity of verbal language in philosophy” (from the “Moment” no.2, 1984)

The Making of Modern Art

Once, in the early age of modernity, there was a civilization that invented the art as a way of  reflecting the world.  Art was understood as an intellectual activity expressed through painting and sculpture by specially gifted individuals named artists. In order to show works of art, first the galleries and exhibitions had to be invented. Then, the art market and the museums emerged and a notion of art spread to all epochs and civilizations.

The Unmaking of Art – Revisited

It is likely that the next paradigm will be meta in relation to the present. It will have many characteristics of the pre-modern world, something like the modernity seen through medieval glasses.  Walter Benjamin – Recent Writings 2014   

Four Stories on Art

                              An Ethnographic Exhibition “Once, in the early age of modernity, there was a civilization called the West that invented Art as a away of reflecting the world. Art became understood not to be primarily a craftsmanship,  but an intellectual activity  expressed through painting and sculpture by especially gifted individuals named Artists. In order to

Not-Now

Several years ago an exhibition of paintings titled “Not-Now” took place in the New Belgrade Cultural network Foyer (Aug.26, 2013) with the following statement: The pictures before us represent scenes of times gone by. They were all icons in stories of religion and of art. Some depicted events from the past, while others anticipated the

Harbingers of the Apocalypse I

A Personal Story – Part 1 The Beginnings For a few years now this image has been my computer screen (Fig. 1) and the scull within it became my Google avatar (Fig. 2). As they say, even in my wildest dreams I never expected this would happen, and that is why I thought it might

Against Art

These are some documents and installation views of the exhibition “Against Art” by Goran Đorđević. It took place at the SKC Gallery,  Belgrade January 29-February 5, 1980 and seems to be inspired primarily by the ideas expressed his article “On the Class Character of Art” published 1976  in The Fox magazine No.3. that are articulated