Contemporary art

Contemporary art is the whole set of the artistic practice which emerged in the second half of the 20^th century. Contemporary art can sometimes seem at odds with a public that does not feel that art and its institutions share its values. In Britain in the 1990s contemporary art became a part of popular culture, with artists becoming stars, but this did not lead to a hoped-for "cultural utopia".

There are a lot of kinds of art. The most interesting for me were the following.

1. NanoArt – it’s a new kind of art which is connected with the creation of sculptures of micro- and nano sizes. It is also possible to work with the black-and-white photos in the graphics editor, such as Photo-shop or others. NanoArt is a 3D- art which renders the atmosphere of the picture by means of color and scope.

2. Twisting is a technique of making sculptures using balloons. The process begins with the creating outlines on the paper, then the artist makes a former from the light materials. Then the outlines should be braided with the balloons and we can see the masterpiece.

3. Kinetic art is a tendency of the contemporary art which is connected with the wide usage of movable constructions and other elements of movement. In many cases the movement is made by the changes of the lighting. The movement can be included in different ways: by fluctuations of the air quality, electromagnetic force or simply using the engine. Movement of the object can be supplemented by different effects such as illumination, sound, light show or a motion picture.

4. Animation is a kind of animated cartoons. Animation has a large audience and recognition throughout the world. It is used in television series, films, video, video games, commercials, and internet-based releases, and represents most, if not all, genres of fiction. It is characterized by the heightened attention to the details: every trifle can have a great sense for the spectators. 

5. Nail art represents the skill of nail-painting. Firstly this kind of art was used by Afro-Americans but soon it interested all other women. Modern nail-art consists of several kinds and tendencies which are characterized by different kinds of putting the picture on the nails.

6. Piercing is a kind of art which means an art of puncturing your body in attempt to decorate it. There are a lot of variants of the possible piercing such as piercing of the nose, of lips, of ears, of the tongue, of the novel and even piercing of coccyx and brain-piercing.

7. Body art is another art to decorate your body. In a wide sense I consists of make up, tattoo, mandy (bio-tattoo with the usage of henna) and bodypainting itself. It’s not enough to make beautiful pictures on the body. The artist should make an entire image.

8. Visual poetry is a genre of the contemporary art which is situated on the joint of literature and traditional modern art (painting and graphics).

9. Installation is the art of individuality. It is one of the tendencies of the contemporary art which traces its roots to the surrealism. Installation shows multiple meaning of the things around us, shows their hidden senses and traits.

10. Computer design is an area of design itself where computer is used as the tool for industrial design and projection.

11. Stamp art is the name of one of the areas of the subject collecting of postmarks and signs of the post payment which are devoted to the art, masterpieces of the world's culture, paintings, sculptures and other artworks. 

12. Modern dance. This conception unites many styles and trends of dancing. The dominant point there is the spirit of freedom and there are no taboos and bans.

13. Photography is a really great component of the contemporary art. It gives an opportunity to imprint many aspects of life which are invisible for people. Photography can also refract the reality and make us take it and see in the absolutely new way.

14. Stuckism is an international art movement. Although painting is the dominant artistic form of Stuckism, artists using other media such as photography, sculpture, film and collage have also joined, and share the Stuckist opposition to conceptualism and ego-art.

15. Fire Art is a term used to describe a piece of art that uses active flames as an essential part of the piece. It has a direct impact on its surrounding by consuming materials and by throwing off heat and light. It is an active medium, constantly moving and appearing to be alive. There is an inherent perceived danger to fire.

But what I liked most among numerous kinds of contemporary art is pin-up. It was born in 30^th but now it is modernized and shows us real masterpieces. Pin-up arose due to the advertisement of Coca-Cola and Lucky Strike. This kind of art represents nice photos of the girls who are dressed in beautiful dresses, charming blouses and skirts, their make-up is perfect and they are the embodiment of a good taste, beauty and youth.

I believe that pine-up girls, who are the models for the artists working in this trend, are those who tell the world about the new trends in fashion. These photos are made in retro-style but models are dressed fashionably and they are still like the etalons of the contemporary beauty.