Contemporary Art: The Diversity of Techniques and Themes Today
Contemporary Art: The Diversity of Techniques and Themes Today
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Alyssa Monks is an American artist born in 1977, she has been painting since childhood.
After becoming an adult and studying painting in Florence and New York, she chose as her main theme, to portray the human body in a hyper-realistic way.
She portrays everyday scenes such as a bath for example, producing fascinating paintings.
To understand the evolution of expressive figure sculpture, you might also be interested in the life of a master: Auguste Rodin: Birth, Struggle, and Early Notable Works (Chapter 1/3)
Giovani Caramello is a young sculptor born in 1990 in the city of Santo André (SP) who began his career with 3D modeling.
He is considered the only hyper-realistic sculptor in Brazil.
In his works so real and intriguing, he addresses issues related to time and its brevity.
While Monks and Caramello focus on hyper-realism, other artists used the human form to explore deep emotional journeys: Van Gogh's Self-Portraits
Contemporary Art: CONTEMPORARY PAINTING
This emphasis on color and visual impact shares a common thread with earlier revolutionary movements like: Fauvism
The visual impact of the colors that transmits this painting, is given by the strength and beauty of the composition, commonly found in the work of the artist Taro Kaneko.
Joseph Beuys, a German artist, said:
“Beautiful is the light that comes from what is true”.
