You may want to pursue a degree in Contemporary Art. Many people who feel pulled in such a direction, face barriers from friends and family who ask them “Why study contemporary art?” Sometimes families struggle to see the valuable role of art in society and the ways that an aspiring artist can contribute to that role. People may instead push for aspiring artists to become doctors or lawyers—careers that seem more important. The reality is that art is important. Learn more about the important roles that Contemporary Art serves in the current society:
Development of Performance Art The immediate stimulus for Performance art was the series of theatrical Happenings staged by Allan Kaprow and others in New York in the late 1950s. Then in 1961, Yves Klein (1928-62) presented three nude models covered in his trademark blue paint, who rolled around on sheets of white paper. He was also famous for his "jumps into the void". For more details, see Yves Klein's Postmodernist art (1956-62). In the early 1960s several other American conceptual artists such as Robert Morris (b.1931) Bruce Nauman (b.1941) and Dennis Oppenheim began to include "Performance" in their repertoires. In Germany, Performance was known as Actionism, influenced in part by the 1950 photographs taken by Hans Namuth of the Abstract Expressionist artist Jackson Pollock (1915-56) at work in his studio performing his "action painting", although strictly speaking the term Actionism relates to the Vienna based group Wiener Aktionismus founded in 1962. Leading members of Aktionismus were Gunter Brus (b.1938), Hermann Nitsch (b.1938) and Rudolph Schwarzkogler, whose Performances (Aktionen and Demonstrationen) - supposedly designed to highlight Man's violent nature - incorporated shocking exhibitions of self-torture and pseudo-religious rituals. The strident nature of the group's philosophy of art was also reflected in actions by the Viennese artist Arnulf Rainer. More powerful during the 1960s, were the events and happenings staged by the Fluxus movement, founded by the Lithuanian-American art theorist George Maciunas (1931-78), which began in Germany, before spreading across Europe and establishing itself in New York. One of the best-known members of Fluxus was the German artist Joseph Beuys (1921-86) - German Professor of Sculpture at the Dusseldorf Academy of Arts - whose works included the extraordinary performance entitled: "How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare" (1965). Fluxus-style festivals of contemporary art - all of which involved Performance art - were staged in several European capitals, as well as New York. In Britain, notable Performance artists included Stuart Brisley (b.1933), as well as Gilbert Proesch (b.1943) and George Passmore (b.1942) - more popularly known as Gilbert and George - a duo who teamed up in 1969 at St Martins School of Art in London, and became known as 'living sculptures'. The idea was to turn themselves into sculpture, thus erasing their separate identities for the sake of art. To that end, they became interchangeable cyphers and even dropped their surnames. They painted their faces, dressed in identical clothes, and staged 'one-man' shows during which they mimed to the popular tune 'Underneath the Arches'. After travelling around British art schools, they toured the Continent, America, Japan, Australia, and China, enlarging their range of 'living sculpture' with a distinctly 'British' tone, in the process. Their subject matter encompassed inner-city decay, Margaret Thatcher-worship, anti-Royalism and more, typically presented in a strident manner, and accompanied by a wide range of visual art products including postcard sculptures, films, videos and installations. The ultimate Performance, said the art critics, but is it art?
Other Performance Artists Other top contemporary artists who have included Performance in their repertoire include: Yayoi Kusama (b.1929) the controversial Japanese artist noted for her happenings and phallic images; Joan Jonas (b.1936), known for her performance videos; Helio Oiticica (1937-80) the Brazilian experimental artist, founder of Grupo Neoconcreto; Rebecca Horn (b.1944) known for her thought-provoking installations; and the body artists Marina Abramovich (b.1946); and Chris Burden (b.1946). Other performers include: Laurie Anderson, Eric Bogosian, Chong Ping, Martha Clark, Ethyl Eichelberger, Karen Finley, Richard Foreman, Dan Graham, Holly Hughes, Suzanne Lacy, Tim Miller, Meredith Monk, Linda Montano, Yoko Ono, Rachel Rosenthal, and Carolee Schneermann. Another innovative artist is the musician and artist Korean-American Nam June Paik (1932-2006), who started out in performance art before working with video, and thereafter installations. Like several contemporary art movements, Performance is acted out for it's own sake and according to its own priorities. Sometimes resembling a circus act, at times amusing, offensive - even repulsive, it challenges conventional ethics and (above all) our notion of what art is, or should be. TO SEARCH FOR A PARTICULAR MOVEMENT,
 Hey Friends! Today we are going to talk about a different form of creativity called Performance Art! What is that you ask? Performance Art is art that has to acted out live in front of an audience. This means that people have to be watching. Usually paintings or sculptures are finished while the artist is alone and are shown to others later, but Performance Art does not work quite that way. Sometimes, artists practice what they are going to do by themselves, but still must try to do it the same way when they are ready to perform it. Other a performance artists try to show something more random and improvised. This means they don’t practice at all and just kind of wing it. Performance Art can be used for a variety of reasons. Sometimes the artist wants to make a serious point about something important like global warming or world hunger. Other times, it’s more fun and humorous. It can be used to ask questions or show a personal story. Either way, it’s always interesting!Improvise: to think of something right on the spot without having enough time to think about it or plan it out. Performance art can be any kind of performance put on by people for people to watch! Marina Abromovic is a famous performance artist who is widely known for her work. One performance that got people to notice her was called “The Art is Present.” In her performance all she did was sit at a table a make eye contact with random people who sat across from her. It seems really simple, but eye contact isn’t easy. Sometimes looking at people makes us nervous or makes us want to laugh or look away. She would stare at the other person for longer than usual. People came from all over to watch it!
After she looks at a bunch of strangers over and over again, she finally gets to look at someone she knows who is an old friend. This changes everything!How do you feel when you accidentally look at a stranger? How do you feel when you look at your mom or dad? Is it different or the same?Eye contact means different things for different people and it all connects back to how we feel. Some animals even get flushed or upset if you make eye contact with them. All of these different ideas that connect to this are why we consider this art. It makes us look at the world differently! This Performance Art happened at the Museum of Modern Art. Below, you can see a short clip of the Performance. Do you think she was expecting to see her old friend? This Artist did a Performance called “Passing Through.” It was about beauty. This Japanese artist had to break through a few walls of papers. He had to use the strength of his body to get through every time. He had to use energy and force, but eventually he makes it through the last sheet of paper. He is using his body to represent how sometimes we have to push through our own thoughts to do a good job at something. Have you ever had a hard time doing something and thought you would never get it right? How did you feel when you finally were able to do it, like learning how to ride you bike or doing a hard math problem? It feels great after you push through the hard part! That’s exactly what this Performance Art is about.
Justin is an artist who created a piece that didn’t involve people but still put on a performance for people who saw it during its exhibition. This piece would break stones into smaller pieces in real life! It was noisy and rough, but it was still cool to watch. The picture hanging behind the stones is a painting by Gustauve Courbet. It’s been changed up a little bit to create a three-dimensional (3D) version of something that was flat on a canvas. Imagine how cool this must have been!
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