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" I think of contemporary artists as those who are contributing to current global issues and ideas". No, artists contribute by creating beautiful forms. Ideas are the beginning not the end of artists work. Materialization of the spiritual that is what artists do. "Postmodern era" is a creation of aggressive banality to justify its creative impotence. And there is no modern era, but "Modern period" in arts named for convenience of the historians. There is only constant dialectic development with new qualities. The meaning of modern - latest unique New. It does not matter how you call them, it is what they do with you. What Hirst does with you? The contributions you mention is primarily for the philosophers and politicians. Boris Shoshensky -- kathleen desmond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I was going to comment on Chuck Close not being a contemporary artist, either, actually, even though I continue to admire and appreciate the work of both Johns and Close. Since we are no longer in a modern era, but a postmodern one, I guess that's what I use as the "dividing line." Jasper Johns certainly contributed to the contemporary avant-garde of the 1950s and 60s along with John Cage, Merce Cunningham and Robert Rauschenberg and moved to Pop Art making the way for the postmodern art of Damien Hirst and other Young British Artists, as well as the array of global artists involved in Intermedia, Installation and multimedia. I think of contemporary artists as those who are contributing to current global issues and ideas. I don't know about presumptions of confronting relevant issues. What relevant issues? kkd ____________________________________________________________ Reduce your expense. Click here to compare prices on point of sales sytems. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/fc/Ioyw6i4s0e6xdlSvuRkbg8j2NobRAv i5yUNUDozGMmzByUzUk6qFEI/
