Art of Today

The art of this time is defined by multi-culturalism, globalization and the Information Age. Newly made work is often pluralistic drawing influence from multiple places and eras to create something new that talks about where it came from. Mashups and remixes express this sentiment directly in music and video. It started in the early 90’s with the Persian Gulf War showing the might of the American Military and re-asserting Western power in a display of technological mastery beyond the capabilities of any other nation at the time.

A couple of the main critics of our current era are Nicolas Bourriaud, curator at the Tate, and David Cohen of the online magazine Art Critical. Artists of our time include Gabriel Orozco, Yinka Shonibare, Zhang Huan, and Urs Fischer. The aesthetic character of the art of our time is that of trespassing cultural boundaries in an effort to understand them better. With the advent of mobile texting and email, social constructs of decorum have gone out the window. I think I'll call it the Post-it movement.