Contemporary Art is somewhat similar to modern art. Except that Contemporary Art has its specific process. It is interactive. The journey that it went through is different with modern art. Contemporary art is diverse, it has diversity of material, form, subject matter, and even time periods. Contemporary art does not have one, single objective or point of view. Its view, instead, is refracted, prismatic, and multi-faceted. Contemporary art reflects life as we know it. It can be, therefore, contradictory, confusing, and open-ended. Since the early 20th century, some artists have turned away from realistic representation and the depiction of the human figure, and have moved increasingly towards abstraction. Many contemporary artists who create site-specific works move art out of museums and galleries and into communities to address socially significant issues and/or raise social consciousness. Contemporary artists are in a position to express themselves and respond to social issues in a way that artists of the past were not able to.
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