Creativity, passion and risk have long been among the
qualities that characterize the visual artist. Most often these qualities have led
artists to produce objects as the end point. But one of the most significant
aspects of contemporary art is the way it has embraced new forms of expression
like performance, activism, public art and community-based art.
Visual artists have a long history of studio practice and
personal expression that results in making art in isolation or in small groups
of like-minded individuals. As a result, in contemporary culture, visual art
has not taken hold as a widely understood and appreciated cultural form.
Science, medicine, the military, government and law
enforcement, for example, all have a place in the public consciousness as
social forces the public needs. Contemporary art must expand its focus beyond
gallery sales and being locked up in museums but to becoming recognized as
necessary, powerful and essential social force, visual art gaining new
relevance in the minds of the larger population.
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