First lesson

When contemporary art this word comes to my mind,i am afraid that i need to memorize the whole art history.

But thats not truth.When Linda gave us many examples in the class, and i realised that a whole lot of art from the last 30 years has been connected with one issue or another: feminism, multiculturalism, globalization, bio-engineering and AIDS awareness all come readily to mind as subject matter.

Contemporary just means "art that has been and continues to be created during our lifetimes". In other words, contemporary to us.

After the class, i know more about what contemporary art is and won't worry about anymore shifting an arbitrary point on the art timeline for another decade, at least. Go, fear not the term "Contemporary Art".