Elements/Principles of

Contemporary Art
1. Appropriation – existing artworks are appropriated to produce
another artwork. Usage of prints, images, and icons to
produce another art form. It also combines past from the
present and revive interests to existing forms of art.
2. Performance – interpreting various human activities such as
chores, routines and rituals, to socially relevant themes such
as poverty, commercialism and war. Performance evolved to
“emphasize spontaneous elements of chance.” – Walker Art
Center
3. Space – is an art form performed and
positioned in a specific
space such as public places, flash mobs,
art installations in
malls and parks.
4. Hybridity – it is a usage of unconventional materials,
mixing of unlikely materials to produce artworks such
as coffee for painting and crayons and pencils for
miniature sculptures. The first picture shows the
creativity of the artists using coffee for his painting and
the second picture shows a product of mixed media
and hybridity, obra maestro by Renee Isaac.
5. Technology – it is a usage of technology for the creation and
dissemination of art works by designers and artists to produce
commercial pieces or elaborate and conceptual works through
different computer programs such as 3D modeling, illustrator,
or Photoshop.