Yasumasa MorimuraVermeer Study: Looking Back (Mirror)2008
Participation and socially engaged practice
Rirkrit Tiravanija, Workshop, 2013
Francis AlysWhen faith moves mountains2002
Maurizio CattelanA Perfect Day
1999
• Contemporary art begins around 1970• Response to changing social conditions• Break from modernist art practice
• Contemporary art no longer follows movements, but instead
embraces pluralism, openness and diversity• Contemporary art values ideas over materials• Contemporary art questions accepted histories• Contemporary art techniques include referencing,
appropriation, parody, performance and irony• Contemporary art is socially engaged and responsive