Contemporary Art is very similar to wine. There are numerous producers around the world, its quality and prices travels the extremes, and very few have developed a sophisticated enough taste to enjoy it. Art has always been the avant-garde force of humanity, but has Contemporary Art progressed so rapidly that nor the artist or critics are able to explain it to the general public?
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| Untitled Installation, Habana Bienial 2012 The Royal Palm ( Cuba's national tree) hangs horizontally in pieces, empty and loaded with soft lighting. |
One of the most common phrases expressed in Galleries today is "that is not art, I can do that". A phrase so rhetorical that the Frost Art Museum has dedicated an entire exhibit showcasing the paradox of 21st century art. Traditionally, art was admired by the an artists' ability to execute a design, which aesthetic and ideals combined to portray a message. Artists obeyed certain rules and mastered techniques.
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| Untitled, Habana Biennial 2012 Heroes of Cuba wrapped and dismembered riding a carriola( rustic scooter) between the gallery spaces of El Morro Castle. |
Contemporary Art follows no rules, does not have a defined medium nor necessarily requires skill or direct contact with the artist, subjects are not defined, it does not need a title nor narrative, and its patrons don't necessary understand what they are buying. The only characteristic left in today's art is the philosophical problem behind it. As a results, the definition of the art of our time in the global context on which it manifest is as vague as the works themselves.
